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/ɪˈmɛɹɪtəs/ · adjective
(often postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title..
emeritus professor professor emeritus professors emeritae
pontiff emeritus
I must confess that in such an answer I see nothing worthy of a philosopher; and should rather have looked for it from a literary petit-maître than from an emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy.
Number and Description of Professorships. 1. An emeritus professorship of obstetrics.
Paul is not a whit behind any of the apostles, or “Pastor Emerituses,” and is ready to meet all things on all occasions.
Thus far, no teachers' retirement fund, as such, has been established. The board has thus far met this problem by electing teachers unable to perform regular service as teachers emeriti, although this is only a temporary arrangement and committees of the teachers and the board are now considering the feasibility of the establishment of the retirement fund.
Flappers, ex-flappers, flapper emerituses! He had them eating out of his hand, jumping through hoops.
“If we have more mayor emerituses,” said Commissioner Frank Colbourn, “we might as well round up George C. Pardee, M. C. Chapman and many other distinguished ex-mayors of Oakland.”
Use emeritus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Emeritus means (often postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title..
Common synonyms include old, retired.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
emeritus professor professor emeritus professors emeritae
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