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- A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary). [from early 17th c.]
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- A person who works in a group, association, or public office without forming part of the regular staff (the numerary). [from early 17th c.]
- (film, theater) An extra or walk-on, often non-speaking, in a film or play; a spear carrier.
- Something which is beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number.
- (zoology) An animal which has not formed a pair bond and is therefore single.
- (Roman Catholicism) A married man or woman who is a secular member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution.
- [Adjective]
- Greater in number than.
- Beyond the prescribed or standard amount or number; excess, extra.
- Beyond what is necessary; redundant.
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