Definition of Emeretus
||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.
||E*mer"i*tus, n.; pl.
Emeriti (#). [L.] A veteran who has honorably
completed his service.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- retired, but retaining an honorific version of previous title; especially used with professor
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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