Emeritus and Former

Emeritus

Emeritus adjective - Honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'.
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Former and emeritus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Former" instead an adjective "Emeritus".

Former

Former adjective - Having been such at some previous time.

Emeritus and former are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Emeritus" instead an adjective "Former".

Nearby Word: formerly

Both words in one sentence

  • Large Ham / Comic Books Justice League International villain Manga Khan is not only the founder and former president emeritus of the Manga Khan School of Melodrama, he suffers from a disorder that causes him to behave in a ridiculously grandiose manner.
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