supernumerary

/หŒsuหpษ™หˆnjuหm(ษ™)ษน(ษ™)ษนi/

IPA: /S UW0 P ER0 N UW1 M ER0 EH0 R IY0/

noun
  1. 1

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

    โ€œThe judge was a supernumerary, helping the regular judges whenever there was a surplus amount of work.โ€

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.

Synonyms

adjective
  1. 1

    Greater in number than.

  2. 2

    Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.

  3. 3

    Beyond what is necessary; redundant.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/supernumerary