emeritus
HONORARY TITLE GIVEN AFTER LEAVING AN ORGANIZATION TO A PERSON WHO HAS DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR WORK
Emeritus Professor; Professor emeritus; Éméritat; Professor Emerita; Emeritus professor; Emeriti; Editor emeritus; Emeritat; Professor emerita; President Emeritus; Professor Emeritus; Emiratus; Emeritus status; Professor Emeritus status; Emeritus Fellow; Emerita Professor; Reader Emerita; Emiritus; President emerita; President emeritus; Emerita status; Rabbi emeritus
Emeritus is used with a professional title to indicate that the person bearing it has retired but keeps the title as an honour.
...emeritus professor of physics...
He will continue as chairman emeritus.
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