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emeritus Definition

emeri·tus (ē meri 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

modif.

retired, retained on the rolls, revered, respected; see retired 1.

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.