emeritus
adjective
retired or honorably discharged from active professional duty, but retaining the title of one's office or position.
emeriti
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pluralof emeritus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Since 2004, the Ballards, both professors emeriti of pediatrics at UC San Francisco, have been piecing together ways to restore the creek, one small project at a time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
Her mother is associate professor emeriti of French and Italian, also at the University of Arizona.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2018
The five additional honorary Cardinals — Archbishops and bishops emeriti, who are over the age of 80 and therefore unable to vote in papal elections — are:
From Time ● Jan. 4, 2015
A relatively low-profile member of the Kennedy family, she served on the advisory board of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and was also a director emeriti of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
From Reuters ● Sep. 17, 2011
Baseball's commissioner loves to kid Milwaukee reporters about their perceived infatuation with the , but he long has been on the Packers' board, currently listed as a director emeriti on the team's masthead.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 5, 2011
