tenured

[ ten-yerd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of, having, or eligible for tenure, especially in a college or university:
There are three tenured professors in the history department.
granting, allowing, or leading to tenure:
None of the advertised jobs is a tenured position.

tenured

/ ˈtɛnjʊəd; ˈtɛnjəd /

1. having tenure of office
  a tenured professor
2. guaranteeing tenure of office
  a tenured post

Origin of tenured¹

First recorded in 1960–65; tenure + -ed ³

One interpretation suggests he is the embodiment of whisky, a lewd allusion to a tenured tradition of Scottish alcoholism.

Even though I was tenured, if I left my once-beloved Mormon faith, I would lose my job.

So instead, he taught a semester here and a semester there, filling in for tenured writers who were off somewhere else, writing.

If he wins, he will become one of the longest-tenured members of Congress to win a spot in the Senate.

Each will now stand alongside more tenured career members like Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta.

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