emerita

[ ih-mer-i-tuh ]

adjective

1. (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].

1. a woman with such status.

Word History and Origins

Origin of emerita¹

< Latin, feminine of ēmeritus emeritus

Example Sentences

Ana Marie Cox is Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.

From The Daily Beast

David Broder is, of course, Dean Emerita, but the Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet will probably be taking over the daily duties.

From The Daily Beast

Ana Marie Cox is a Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.

From The Daily Beast

Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.

From The Daily Beast

No sooner had the "lady," as Byron was pleased to call her, played her part as decoy, than she was discharged as emerita.

From Project Gutenberg

The said Schedelius furthermore setteth downe, that his Emerita martyred in Rhetia.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the capital of Lusitania, and was called Emerita Augusta, from the first word of which title comes the present name.

From Project Gutenberg

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