emerita
emerita is the feminine singular of emeritus.
emerita is the plural of emeritum.
Meaning of emeritus
Adjective
emeritus (not comparable, feminine singular emerita, masculine plural emeriti or (rare) emerituses, feminine plural emeritae)
Meaning of emeritum
Noun
emeritum (plural emerita)
- A bounty awarded to a soldier upon the completion of his term of service.
- At the expiration of the term of service, the soldiers received a bounty or donation in land or money, which was sometimes called emeritum; those who had served their time out being also called emeriti.1854, Johann Joachim Eschenburg, Manual of Classical Literature, page 275
Noun
emerita (plural emeritae, masculine singular emeritus)
- A female person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title.
- And the older women faculty, the emeritae lived around the college and you talked to them and you heard it ... you know, they were just devoted to that place body and soul, and they didn’t care if they made two bent nickels a year, […]1988, Nadya Aisenberg, Mona Harrington, Women of Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove, University of Massachusetts Press, →ISBN, page 187
- With the help of ever-present chief elder Charlotte McGuire and our headquarters, an updated list of all Board members was developed. Twenty-eight persons who are now emeritae were named.1991, American Holistic Nurses' Association, Beginnings, page 3
Forms of emerita
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| plural | emeritae |
| Noun | |
| plural | emeritae |
| singular masculine | emeritus |
Origin of emerita
From the Latin ēmerita, the feminine singular form of ēmeritus.
From the Latin ēmerita, a substantive use of the neuter plural form of ēmeritus.
Questions about emerita
- What does emerita mean?
- Emerita means a female person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title.
- What is emerita the feminine singular of?
- Emerita is the feminine singular of emeritus.
- What part of speech is emerita?
- Emerita is a noun.
- What is the plural of emerita?
- The plural of emerita is emeritae.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: emerita (page history and authors); emeritus (page history and authors); emeritum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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