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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus';


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Emeritus \E*mer"i*tus\, a. [L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve.] Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Emeritus \E*mer"i*tus\, n.; pl. Emeriti. [L.] A veteran who has honorably completed his service. Emerods
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

emeritus adj 1: honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus' n 1: a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "emeritus": assistant, assistant professor, associate, associate professor, in retirement, instructor, lecturer, on pension, pensioned, pensioned off, professor, professor emeritus, reader, retired, retired professor, superannuated, tutor, visiting professor