Associations to the word «Tenured»

Wiktionary

TENURED, adjective. Having tenure
TENURED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of tenure

Dictionary definition

TENURED, adjective. Appointed for life and not subject to dismissal except for a grave crime; "an irremovable officer"; "a tenured professor".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats