emeritus /ɪˈmɛɹɪtəs/noun 2adjective 1forms 4 noun2 •A (male) person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title.Oh you, veteran crime reporter, you grave old usher, you once popular policeman, now in solitary confinement after gracing that school crossing for years, you wretched emeritus read to by a boy! — 1955 •(rare) An honorific version of a previous title.With a string of “emerituses” behind his name, last of which was acquired with the Welfare society resignation, [George Q.] Sheppard now lives in retirement in his home at The Hill, 722 King street. — 1941 adjective[after a noun]1 •Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.I must confess that in such an answer I see nothing worthy of a philosopher; and should rather have looked for it from a literary petit-maître than from an emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy. — 1823 formsemeritae · emeriti · emerituses · emerita
