emerita
(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.
a woman with such status.
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She “entered the critical community with something the rest of us don’t have, which is the poet’s sensibility,” said Eleanor Elson Heginbotham, a Dickinson expert and professor emerita at Concordia University Saint Paul in Minnesota.
Judith Farr, scholar of Emily Dickinson and poet in her own right, dies at 85 | Emily Langer | June 23, 2021 | Washington PostLynn Foster, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock law professor emerita, said the criminal eviction statute is one of two unique features of Arkansas law that harm tenants.
There’s Only One State Where Falling Behind on Rent Could Mean Jail Time. That Could Change. | by Maya Miller and Ellis Simani, ProPublica, and Benjamin Hardy, Arkansas Nonprofit News Network | March 19, 2021 | ProPublicaAlta Charo, a professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin and a member of ISSCR’s steering committee, declined to comment on the content of the new guidelines.
Scientists plan to drop the 14-day embryo rule, a key limit on stem cell research | Antonio Regalado | March 16, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewAna Marie Cox is Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.
David Broder is, of course, Dean emerita, but the Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet will probably be taking over the daily duties.
Five Ways Obama Has Already Changed Washington | Ana Marie Cox | November 26, 2008 | THE DAILY BEAST
Ana Marie Cox is a Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.
Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.
No 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 HolinshedIt was the capital of Lusitania, and was called emerita Augusta, from the first word of which title comes the present name.
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