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    Supernumerary , a. [L. supernumerarius: cf. OF. supernuméraire, F. surnuméraire. See Super-, and Numerary, Number.]
    1. Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.
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    2. Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as, supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.
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    Supernumerary, n.; pl. Supernumeraries .
    1. A person or thing beyond the number stated.
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    2. 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.
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