Hyphenation of emeritus

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word emeritus? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

emer-i-tus

Definitions of emeritus:

1.	A professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
2.	Honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'

Synonyms of emeritus:

adj	retired, old

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