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EMERITUS
emeritus
(adjective) honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title āemeritusā as in āprofessor emeritusā
emeritus
(noun) a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
emeritus (not comparable)
(postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.
Noun
emeritus
A person retired in this sense.
Anagrams
• semitrue, user time
Source: Wiktionary
E*mer"i*tus, a. Etym: [L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve.]
Definition: Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.
E*mer"i*tus, n.; pl. Emeriti. Etym: [L.]
Definition: A veteran who has honorably completed his service.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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