emeritus Definition
emeri·tus (ē mer′i təs, i-)
adjective
retired from active service, usually for age, but retaining one's rank or title professor emeritus
Etymology: L, pp. of emereri, to serve out one's time < e-, out + mereri, to serve, earn, merit
noun pl. -·ti′-tī′
a person with such status
emeritus Synonyms
emeritus Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- history: Douglas Johnson is professor emeritus of French History, University of London.
- chemistry: Professor Carl Djerassi Carl Djerassi is a writer and professor emeritus of chemistry at Stanford University.
- study: The project is a national research effort launched in 1976 by Dr. Carl Jensen, professor emeritus of communications studies at Sonoma state University.
Converse of object
- become: He remained at Berkeley for the rest of his career, becoming professor emeritus in 1968.
- name: The server in question contained no such files, but the department has a professor emeritus named Peter Usher.
Adjective modifier
senior: He has been involved in what he calls " green research " ever since, and is now senior fellow emeritus at the institute.
Modifies a noun
- professor: He was awarded the title of emeritus professor in 1994.
- fellow: Michael Dunnill: Emeritus Fellow, Merton College, Oxford.
- fellowship: Fortunately the Leverhulme Trust has given me an emeritus fellowship, and I will continue to have a base at the Courtauld.
- status: Emeritus status may only be conferred on existing members of staff who already hold the title of Professor.
- staff: This includes some Senior Research Fellows, visiting academics, individuals with honorary appointments in the University and emeritus staff.
- consultant: Emeritus Consultant in Microbiology, Guy's and St.Thomas ' Hospital Trust, London.
Noun used with modifier
- professor: He remained at Berkeley for the rest of his career, becoming professor emeritus in 1968.
- director: Odum served as a professor until his retirement in 1984, but still serves the institute as director emeritus.
- chairman: On retirement Weill will be given the honorary title of chairman emeritus.
- editor: Haroon Siddiqui is The Star's editorial page editor emeritus.
- bishop: I know he will be a benign presence among us as bishop emeritus.
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