supernumerary
- n a person serving no apparent function
- n a minor actor in crowd scenes
- s more than is needed, desired, or required
supernumerary ornamentation
extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
- In justice to the French, let me say that in my regiment, the 12th Infantry of the Foreign Legion (also a supernumerary regiment organized in France after the outbreak of the war) no man was without a perfectly modern and frequently tested gas mask.
- Yet to be convinced that the Randolphs really lived, readers will need more than a note that "except for one supernumerary, no character in this book is imaginary".
- After them sped a black limousine with secret service men standing like supernumerary footmen on its running boards.