Examples of “emeritus” in a Sentence

adjective Retired from a post, especially a university professorship, but allowed to keep the title as an honor.

• She is professor emeritus of astrophysics at Edinburgh.
• The emeritus director still attends the annual lecture.
• As a professor emeritus, he still has an office but no longer teaches classes.

noun A person who holds such a title, particularly a retired professor.

• The department invites its emeriti to the summer garden party.
• Several emeriti from the history department attended the retirement dinner.
• She became an emeritus after forty years of teaching at the university.