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emerita, a.
Brit. |ɪˈmɛrɪtə|, U.S. |əˈmɛrədə|, |iˈmɛrədə|
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ Latin ēmerita, feminine of ēmeritus (see emeritus adj. and n.); formed as a feminine equivalent to emeritus adj.]
Modifying the occupation or official title of a woman, esp. an academic: retired, former (and retaining the title as an honour). Chiefly as postmodifer.
1842J. W. Alexander Let. 10 Mar. (1860) 351 Mrs.——'s cook (emerita) Patty, she says, is ‘as pious a woman..as I ever saw’. 1928N.Y. Times 14 Feb. 22/8 Professor Emerita Helen Gray Cone, a graduate of Hunter, read an original poem. 1977Britannia 8 449 (note) R.P.W. had the advantage of discussing this interpretation with Emerita Professor J. M. C. Toynbee. 2003Canad. Geogr. Jan.–Feb. 9/2 ‘To do geography without doing fieldwork is a wasted opportunity,’ says the retired senior instructor emerita of geography at the University of British Columbia. |