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‖ emeritus, a. and n.|ɪˈmɛrɪtəs|
[L. ēmeritus that has served his time (said of a soldier), pa. pple. of ēmerēri (see emerit v.) to earn (one's discharge) by service.]
A. adj. Honourably discharged from service; chiefly in mod.L. phrase emeritus professor, the title given to a university professor who has retired from the office.
1794U.S. Register (Philad.) 119 Emeritus professor of divinity. 1823De Quincey Lett. on Educ. v. (1860) 102 An emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy. 1870Lowell Study Wind. (1886) 86 He would not claim to be emeritus. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 140 When Reason may possibly have no more to discover for us in the region of morals..and so will have become emeritus.
B. n. One who has retired or been discharged from active service or occupation.
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