Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - emeritus
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Emeritus
emeritus
I. noun (plural emeriti) Date: 1750 one retired from professional life but permitted to retain as an honorary title the rank of the last office held II. adjective Etymology: Latin, past participle of emereri to serve out one's term, from e- + mereri, merere to earn, deserve, serve — more at merit Date: 1794 1. holding after retirement an honorary title corresponding to that held last during active service 2. retired from an office or position professor ~ — converted to emeriti after a plural professors emeriti
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adj. 1 retired and retaining one's title as an honour (emeritus professor; professor emeritus). 2 honourably discharged from service. Etymology: L, past part. of emereri (as E-, mereri earn) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. заслуженный деятель в отставке (преим. о профессоре) 2. лат. заслуженный, имеющий почетное звание emeritus professor —- заслуженный профессор в отставке ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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Emeritus is used with a professional title to indicate that the person bearing it has retired but keeps the title as an honour. ...emeritus professor of physics... He will continue as chairman emeritus. ADJ: ADJ n, n ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj an emeritus professor (=university teacher) is no longer working but still has an official title ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1602, from L. emeritus, pp. of emerere "serve out, complete one's service," from ex- "out" + merere "to serve, earn." First used of retired professors 1794 in Amer.Eng. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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