emerita
8.3
Retired from a professional job while keeping the title as an honor
- adjective
- /ˌɛm.əˈrɪ.tə/
- Formal
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emerita
- The emerita professor continues to mentor her former students despite her retirement.
Examples
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So I came as a teacher and now as an emerita, I still think of myself as a teacher of teachers.
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As an emerita, she was invited to speak at the university's graduation ceremony.
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After years of service, she proudly embraced her title as emerita, attending alumni events to share her experiences.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
emerita positive
Etymology
Emerita comes from the Latin emeritus, which in turn comes from merere meaning 'to earn' or 'to deserve'. So a emerita professor is someone who has 'earned' the right to keep her title after retirement.