"emeritus" in the noun sense
1. emeritus
a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
"emeritus" in the adjective sense
1. emeritus
honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'
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