emeritedadj.
/ɪˈmɛrɪtɪd/ archaic.
Chiefly of soldiers and sailors: That has retired from active service, served out his time; hence, skilled through long practice or experience. See emeritus adj. and n.
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society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective] > having vacated office
quondam1547
emerited1664
ret.1767
resigned1777
ret'd1826
outgone1841
retired1881
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > relating to retirement > retired
retiredc1598
emerited1664
ret.1767
emeritus1794
ret'd1826
on the beach1937
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 579 Emerited and well deserving Seamen and Mariners.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1682 (1955) IV. 269 A Royal Hospital for Emerited Souldiers.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 294 The most emerited thieves.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 401 The abhorred ‘Palmerstoni’ whom papal gensd'arme imagine to be an emerited brigand.
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