a professor or minister who is retired from assigned duties
honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
a person who joins with others in some activity; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"