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[ adjective ] honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in "professor emeritus"

Synonyms

retired

Examples

"retired from `assigned duties'" does not necessarily imply that one is inactive

Used in print

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

Mr._Oakes succeeds Charles_Merz , editor since 1938 , who now becomes editor emeritus .

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