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e·mer·i·tus (ĭ-mĕr'ĭ-təs)  |
[Latin ēmeritus, past participle of ēmerērī, to earn by service : ē-, ex-, from; see ex- + merērī, to deserve, earn.]
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(i-MER-i-tuhs)
adjective, plural emeriti, feminine emerita
Retired but retaining an honorary title.
[From Latin emeritus (one who has served his time), past participle of emerere (to serve out one's term), from merere (to deserve, serve, earn).]
Usage:
"Seeger has been singing out like this since the Great Depression. The earnest troubadour who either co-wrote or popularized canonical songs like 'If I Had a Hammer' and 'John Henry' has become something like America's folkie emeritus." — Michael Hill; Pete Seeger Still Singing at 87; Associated Press; May 17, 2006.
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A professor emeritus from the university will be the keynote speaker at the conference.
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Emeritus (pronounced /ɨˈmɛrɨtəs/) (plural Emeriti, abbreviation emer.) is an adjective that is used in the title of a retired professor, bishop, or other professional. Emerita (/ɨˈmɛrɨtə/) is often used as the female equivalent, although avoided by purists, since phrases such as professor emerita are ungrammatical in Latin. The term is used when a person of importance in a given profession retires, so that his former rank can still be used in his title. This is particularly useful when establishing the authority of a person who might comment, lecture or write on a particular subject. The word is typically used as a postpositional adjective but can also be used as a preposition adjective. It is frequently capitalized when it forms part of a title. The word originated in the mid-18th century from Latin as the past participle of emereri meaning to "earn one's discharge by service". Emereri itself is a compound of the prefix e- (a variant of ex-) meaning "out of or from" and merēre meaning "earn".
Emeritus neither implies nor denies that the person is retired from all the duties of his previous title; he or she may continue to exercise some of them.
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - emeritus
n. - emeritus
Français (French)
adj. - honoraire, éméritus
n. - honoraire, éméritus
Deutsch (German)
adj. - emeritiert
n. - Emeritus
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj., -
n. - (επί καθηγητών κ.λπ.) επίτιμος
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - emérito, aposentado
n. - aposentado (m)
Русский (Russian)
заслуженный (деятель) на пенсии
Español (Spanish)
adj. - emérito, honorario
n. - emérito, honorario, persona emérita
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - emeritus
n. - pensionerad präst el professor
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
名誉退休的, 退休的, 荣誉退休的人
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 名譽退休的, 退休的
n. - 榮譽退休的人
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 명예 퇴직의
n. - 명예 교수
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) فخري (الاسم) حامل لقب فخري
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - בדימוס, שפרש מתפקידו
n. - פרופיסור או שר שפרש
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