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emeritus(dictionary)

emeritus (iou)



emeritus adjective. M18.
[Latin emeritus pa. pple of emereri earn (one's discharge) by service, from e- E- + mereri deserve: see MERIT noun.]
Honourably discharged from service; (of a former office-holder, esp. a professor) retired but allowed to retain his or her title as an honour.