Meaning & use
emerita
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used to describe a woman who has retired from a professional position but retains her title as an honor.
See it in a sentence
After forty years of teaching, she became a professor emerita.
The university invited the dean emerita to speak at the ceremony.
A note on using this word
The male equivalent is 'emeritus'; both words are placed after the title they modify, as in 'professor emerita.'
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