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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)

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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.

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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


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emeritus
adj. emeritus, honorably discharged from a profession but retaining one's former job title (such as a professor emeritus)

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emeritus
nm. emeritus, (Latin) honorably discharged from a profession but retaining one's former job title (such as a professor emeritus)