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emerita (s) (noun), emeritae (pl)
A retired or honorably discharged woman from active professional duty, but retaining the title of her office or position: University women who retire from academic life may be given the rank of emerita or emeritae; although some institutions avoid using this Latin feminist form perhaps either because of ignorance about the gender difference or because they do not want to make a "sexist" distinction.
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