emerita

[ ih-mer-i-tuh ]

/ ɪˈmɛr ɪ tə /

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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.

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Origin of emerita

<Latin, feminine of ēmeritusemeritus

Words nearby emerita

emergent evolution, emergent norm, emergicenter, emerging, emerging market, emerita, emeritus, emerize, emersed, emersion, Emerson

How to use emerita in a sentence

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 Post
Lynn 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|ProPublica
Alta 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 Review
Ana Marie Cox is Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.
Chicago Dodged a Bullet|Ana Marie Cox|October 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST

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|DAILY BEAST
Ana Marie Cox is a Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.
Republicans for Hillary!|Ana Marie Cox|November 21, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days.
McCain Campaign Autopsy|Ana Marie Cox|November 7, 2008|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.
The Works Of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 7)|Lord Byron
The said Schedelius furthermore setteth downe, that his Emerita martyred in Rhetia.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine|Raphaell Holinshed
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 Optic