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noun

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1. A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary).

   Example: The judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work.

2. An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.

   Synonyms:supesuper

3. Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.

4. An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.