supernumerary
Synonyymisanakirja
supernumerary
tarpeeton, turha, liika-, lisä-, vara-, ylimääräinen, liiallinen, ylijäämä-, ylitsevuotavainen, henkilö, ihminen, henki, näyttelijä, roolinäyttelijä, statisti, ylimääräinen henkilö.
Rimmaavat sanat
supernumerary rimmaa näiden kanssa:
henry, sherry, sorry, curry, kärry, ostoskärry, peräkärry, country, jury, treasury...
Englannin sanakirja
supernumerary englanniksi
A civil designation for somebody who works in a group, association or public office, without forming part of the regular staff; those distinguished from numerary. (For example, supernumerary judges are those who help the regular judges when there is a surplus amount of work.)
An extra or walk-on in a film or play; spear-carrier.
An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
1992, Sarah Anne Sloane, Supernumeraries at bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) nests (page 50)
2004, Walter D. Koenig, Janis L. Dickinson, Ecology and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds, Cambridge University Press (ISBN 9780521530996), page 88
2005, William Donald Hamilton, Narrow Roads of Gene Land: Volume 1: Evolution of Social Behaviour, Oxford University Press on Demand (ISBN 9780716745303), page 278
extra Extra; beyond the standard or prescribed amount or number.
1948: Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence, page 74: http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&ei=-kZSSb6rBIjcygTtre2LAg&id=lOVaAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ape+and+Essence%22+supernumerary&q=supernumerary&pgis=1search_anchor 1949 “Chatto & Windus” edition; http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&ei=-kZSSb6rBIjcygTtre2LAg&id=mYorAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Ape+and+Essence%22+supernumerary&q=supernumerary&pgis=1search_anchor 1972 “Harper & Row” edition
Greater in number than.
beyond Beyond what is necessary.