Look up: emeritus

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   emeritus
   [adj] - honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus` as in`professor emeritus`
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   emeritus
   A soldier having served mandatory time. A veteran.
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   Emeritus
   Soldier having served mandatory time. veteran.
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   emeritus
   retired or honorably discharged from active duty because of age, infirmity, or long service, but retained on the rolls: a professor --. Category: Management in the public and private sector
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   Emeritus
   E·mer'i·tus adjective [ Latin , having served out his time, past participle 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 ...
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   Emeritus
   E·mer'i·tus noun ; plural Emeriti . [ Latin ] A veteran who has honorably completed his service.
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   emeritus
   adjective 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
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   emeritus
   noun a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
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   Emeritus
   `Emeritus` is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop or other professional. `Emerita` was used for women, but is rarely used today. The term is used when a person of importance in a given profession retires, so that his or her former rank can still be used in his or her title. This is particularly useful when establishing the authority a person might have to comment, lecture or write on a particular subject. The wo...
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    Emeritus
    • (a.) 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. • (n.) A veteran who has honorably completed his service.
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    emeritus
    emeritus (s), emeriti (pl) Having served his time. The origin of this word comes from Roman military tradition with the meaning of 'a soldier who has served his time honorably'. Modern usage usually refers to a university officer who is rewarded for faithful service with the position, for example, of 'professor emeritus'. Such a title m...
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