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emeritus Definition


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emeritus
adj
    1. Retired or honourably discharged from office, but retaining a former title as an honour.
      Example: emeritus professor
      Example: professor emeritus
Etymology: 19c: Latin, meaning ‘having served one's term', from Latin mereri to deserve.



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