emeritus
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
emeritus
adj 1: honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your
title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in
`professor emeritus'
n 1: a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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