emerita
[ ih-mer-i-tuh ]
/ ɪˈmɛr ɪ tə /
adjective
(of a woman) retired or honorably discharged from active professional duty, but retaining the title of one's office or position: Kate Johnson, Professor Emerita of Music.
noun, plural e·mer·i·tae [ih-mer-i-tee] /ɪˈmɛr ɪˌti/.
a woman with such status.
Origin of emerita
< Latin, feminine of
ēmeritus
emeritus
Words nearby emerita
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Example sentences from the Web for emerita
Ana Marie Cox is a Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.
It was the capital of Lusitania, and was called Emerita Augusta, from the first word of which title comes the present name.
Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal |Oliver OpticNo sooner had the "lady," as Byron was pleased to call her, played her part as decoy, than she was discharged as emerita.
The Works Of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 7) |Lord ByronThe said Schedelius furthermore setteth downe, that his Emerita martyred in Rhetia.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine |Raphaell Holinshed