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e⋅mer⋅i⋅tus

  [i-mer-i-tuhs] adjective, noun, plural -ti  [-tahy, -tee] .
–adjective
1. retired or honorably discharged from active professional duty, but retaining the title of one's office or position: dean emeritus of the graduate school; editor in chief emeritus.
–noun
2. an emeritus professor, minister, etc.
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Origin:
1785–95; < L ēmeritus having fully earned (ptp. of ēmerēre), equiv. to ē- e- + meri- earn + -tus ptp. suffix
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e·mer·i·tus   (ĭ-měr'ĭ-təs)   
adj.  Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus.
n.   pl. e·mer·i·ti (-tī')
One who is retired but retains an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement.

[Latin ēmeritus, past participle of ēmerērī, to earn by service : ē-, ex-, from; see ex- + merērī, to deserve, earn; see (s)mer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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emeritus 
1602, from L. emeritus "veteran soldier who has served his time," 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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