Definitions for "Supernumerary"
a non-singing, non-speaking cast member; the equivalent of extras in movies, but in productions of this scale supers often play specific characters, such as servants, waiters, innkeepers, executioners, slave dealers, dreamers of the action, etc. (Also known as spear-carriers)
a minor actor in crowd scenes
a non-singing member of an opera cast
Not included in the rostered complement of nurses or midwives.
Supernumerary is a member of the staff or an employee who works in a public office but is not part of the manpower complement: a temporary employee in addition to the permanent staff. http://www.cnt.gouv.qc.ca/en/gen/lexique/lexique.pdf
Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.
Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.
A person or thing beyond the number stated.
A person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.
Keywords:  tooth, extra
An extra tooth
Keywords:  circuit, meeting, member
a member of the Circuit Meeting (S
Keywords:  additional
additional