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emerita

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e·mer·i·ta  (-mr-t)
adj.
Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement. Used of a woman: a professor emerita.
n. pl. e·mer·i·tae (-t) or e·mer·i·tas
A woman who is retired but retains an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement.

[Latin merita, feminine of meritus; see emeritus.]


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Marnie Thomas, professor emerita at UC Berkeley, was the director of the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance from 2003 to 2006.
The author is also a professor of English emerita at Indiana University--Bloomington.
Professor of music emerita from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, she has authored the Illinois Achievement in Music Teachers Manual, and student workbooks for nine levels of this widely-used syllabus/examination program.
 
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