Definitions for: Emeritus

[adj] honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in"professor emeritus"; "retired from `assigned duties'" does not necessarily imply that one is inactive

Webster (1913) Definition: E*mer"i*tus, a. [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.]
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. [L.]
A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

Synonyms: old, retired

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