Meaning & use
emeritus
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Having retired from a professional position but retaining an honorary title related to it.
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The university named him professor emeritus after forty years of teaching.
The emeritus director still attends board meetings occasionally.
A note on using this word
Emeritus comes from Latin emerere, 'to earn one's discharge through service,' originally used for soldiers who had served their time.
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