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| e·mer·i·ta [ i mérritə ] |
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retired but retaining a professional title: retired but retaining a professional title, especially as a woman professor
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used of women
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 She's a professor emerita of biology.
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noun (plural e·mer·i·tae [ i mérri t ]) |
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woman retaining former professional title: a woman who has retired from a position but retains her former professional title, especially as a professor
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| [Early 20th century. < Latin, form of emeritus (see emeritus)] |
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