EMERITUS

emeritus

(adjective) honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title ‘emeritus’ as in ‘professor emeritus’

emeritus

(noun) a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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