Emeritus

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emeritus \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.


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emeritus \E*mer"i*tus\, n.; pl. {Emeriti}. [L.]
     A veteran who has honorably completed his service. Emerods

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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'
             need not imply that one is inactive [syn: {retired}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "emeritus":
     assistant, assistant professor, associate, associate professor,
     in retirement, instructor, lecturer, on pension, pensioned,
     pensioned off, professor, professor emeritus, reader, retired,
     retired professor, superannuated, tutor, visiting professor