Curator Emeritus meaning
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Who is a Curator Emeritus please? Since the word "emeritus" is an adjective in essence, how come it's placement here doesn't show that. Furthermore, why are both the words capitalized please? The source from which the question is derived is as follows:
"...according to what Bernard Finn, the Curator Emeritus of the Electricity Collections at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has told..."
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Why are both the words capitalized please? They are a job title. Since the word "emeritus" is an adjective in essence, how come it's placement here doesn't show that.
- Why are both the words capitalized please?
- They are a job title.
- Since the word "emeritus" is an adjective in essence, how come it's placement here doesn't show that.
- It's an attempt to make the phrase sound more like a Latin phrase.
- The job title Curator Emeritus indicates that you used to be the Curator , but you retired or resigned, and were allowed to retain your title as an honour.
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Why are both the words capitalized please? They are a job title.
Since the word "emeritus" is an adjective in essence, how come it's placement here doesn't show that. It's an attempt to make the phrase sound more like a Latin phrase.
The job title Curator Emeritus indicates that you used to be the Curator, but you retired or resigned, and were allow
0Emeritus is from Latin emeritus "veteran soldier who has served his time." The noun use of this adjective means literally "that has finished work, past service."
It was first used of retired professors 1794 in American English. It is masculine gender. Emerita is feminine.
Usage has changed, as Clive has remarked. It is a title of distinction and remarkable service over a long peri
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