Emeritus
emeritus
adj.
(Latin) honorably discharged from a profession but retaining one's former job title (such as a professor emeritus), honorably retired or discharged from active assigned duties but retaining one's title of office (such as a prime minister, etc.)
n.
(Latin) person who retired from his position or profession but retains his former professional title (emeritus professor, emeritus minister)
Emeritus
Emeritus (; feminine
emerita or
emeritus; plural
emeriti (masc.) or
emeritae (fem.); abbreviation
emer.)" (Latin
ex, "out of", and
meritus, "merit"), in its current usage, is an adjective used to designate a retired
professor,
pastor,
bishop,
Pope,
president,
prime minister, or other personages.
emeritus
Adjective
1. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive
(synonym) retired
(similar) old
emeritus
adj.
emeritus, honorably discharged from a profession but retaining one's former job title (such as a professor emeritus)
emeritus
nm.
emeritus, (Latin) honorably discharged from a profession but retaining one's former job title (such as a professor emeritus)