Emerita Definition

ĭ-mĕrĭ-tə
emerita
adjective

Emeritus: used only of a woman.

Webster's New World
noun
A woman who is retired but retains an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement.
American Heritage

Plural form of emeritum.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Hippidae "” the mole crabs or sand crabs.

Wiktionary

Origin of Emerita

  • From the Latin Ä“merita, a substantive use of the neuter plural form of Ä“meritus.

    From Wiktionary

  • From the Latin Ä“merita, the feminine singular form of Ä“meritus.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin ēmerita feminine of ēmeritus emeritus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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