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emeritae

emeritae is the feminine plural of emeritus.

emeritae is the plural of emerita.

Meaning of emeritus

Adjective

emeritus (not comparable, feminine singular emerita, masculine plural emeriti or (rare) emerituses, feminine plural emeritae)

  1. (often, postpositional) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.
    • emeritus professor professor emeritus professors emeritae

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Meaning of emerita

Noun

emerita (plural emeritae, masculine singular emeritus)

  1. 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

Questions about emeritae

What is emeritae the feminine plural of?
Emeritae is the feminine plural of emeritus.

Words near emeritae in the dictionary

  1. emerise
  2. emerised
  3. emerises
  4. emerising
  5. emerita
  6. emeritae
  7. emeritate
  8. emerited
  9. emeriti
  10. emeritum
  11. emeritus

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