emeritus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
  2. adjective satellite honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'

WordNet

E*mer"i*tus adjective
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Etymology
L.
Wordforms
plural Emeriti
Definitions
  1. A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

Webster 1913