emerita

American  

[ih-mer-i-tuh] / ɪˈmɛr ɪ tə /

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.

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noun

plural

emeritae

1. a woman with such status.

Etymology

Origin of emerita

< Latin, feminine of ēmeritus emeritus

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Example Sentences

“We’re using speech and writing so interchangeably,” said Naomi Baron, a linguistics professor emerita at American University.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Nichter is now a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of Arizona, but on Sept. 6, 1970, she was a college senior aboard a TWA flight to New York from Israel when, she writes, a bizarre announcement in an unfamiliar accent echoed through the plane: “This is your new captain speaking. You are being taken to a friendly country. Stay calm, we will not harm you.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Emperess Emerita Michiko, Naruhito's mother, also suffered stress-induced illnesses.

From Barron's

“Every generation feels like all of a sudden food is becoming an enormously prominent issue like it never was before,” says the 89-year-old nutritionist and New York University professor emerita.

From The Wall Street Journal

As chair emerita, Harris will not have editorial control over the Headquarters content, according to the announcement, which raises its own questions about accountability and messaging discipline.

From Salon

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