Retired definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary RETI'RED, a. 1. Secluded ... much society or from public notice; private. He lives a retired life; he has a retired situation. 2. Secret; private; as retired speculations. 3. Withdrawn. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1 ... profession Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1590 1. secluded < a retired village > 2. withdrawn from one's position or occupation ; having ... adverb • retiredness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 a having retired from employment (a retired teacher). b relating to a ...
Retired flank definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Retired Re*tired", a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. Retired flank (Fort.), a flank ...
Retired list definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Retired Re*tired", a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. Retired flank (Fort.), a flank ...
... To withdraw from a public station. General Washington, in 1796, retired to private life. 4. To break up, as a company or assembly. The company retired at eleven o'clock. 5. To depart or withdraw for ... RETI'RE, v.t. To withdraw; to take away. He retired himself, his wife and children into a forest. As when ... one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68" 2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" [syn: retire, withdraw] 3: pull back or move ... a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire] 6: make ( ...
Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... welfare of senior citizens [syn: Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons, AARP]
... adv. In solitude or privacy. Merriam Webster's adverb see retired Webster's 1913 Dictionary Retired Re*tired", a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. Retired flank (Fort.), a flank ...
... retirement; solitude; privacy or secrecy. Merriam Webster's noun see retired Webster's 1913 Dictionary Retired Re*tired", a. 1. Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. A retired part of the peninsula. --Hawthorne. 2. Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. Retired flank (Fort.), a flank ...
emeritus definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the ... professor emeritus' n 1: a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties Merriam Webster's I. noun (plural emeriti) Date: 1750 one retired from professional life but permitted to retain as an honorary ... title corresponding to that held last during active service 2. retired from an office or position < professor emeritus > — converted to emeriti ... after a plural < professors emeriti > Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 retired and retaining one's title as an honour (emeritus professor ... professional title to indicate that the person bearing it has retired but keeps the title as an honour. ...emeritus professor ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the state of being retired from one's business or occupation 2: withdrawal from your ... 1. a. an act of retiring ; the state of being retired b. withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from ... II. adjective Date: 1919 of, relating to, or designed for retired persons U.S. Military Dictionary (*) An operation in which a ... or an instance of retiring. b the condition of having retired. 2 a seclusion or privacy. b a secluded place. Phrases ... retirement pension Brit. a pension paid by the State to retired people above a certain age. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Retirement ... 1. The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. O, ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary LO'NELY, a. 1. Solitary; retired; sequestered from company or neighbors; as a lonely situation; a ... Shortened fr. alonely.] 1. Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell. 2. Alone, or ... mean I am lonely. --H. James. Syn: Solitary; lone; lonesome; retired; unfrequented; sequestered; secluded. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (lonelier, loneliest) 1 ... ADJ Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Apart, retired, solitary, secluded, isolated, sequestered, remote, dreary, lone-some. 2. Lone ...
... Josephus (Ant., XII, x, 5) says Judas was defeated. Nicanor retired to Jerusalem, insulted the priests and threatened the destruction of the temple unless they delivered up Judas. He then retired to Beth-horon to find Judas posted opposite him at ... Josephus (Ant., XII, x, 5) says Judas was defeated. Nicanor retired to Jerusalem, insulted the priests and threatened the destruction of the temple unless they delivered up Judas. He then retired to Beth-horon to find Judas posted opposite him at ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: someone who has retired from active working [syn: retiree, retired person] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1945 a person who has retired from a working or professional career Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (retirees) A retiree is a retired person. (mainly AM) ...retirees who have completely different expectations of ...