e·mer·i·ta 
(ĭ-mĕrĭ-tə)
(ĭ-mĕrĭ-tə)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 (-tē′) or e·mer·i·tas
A woman who is retired but retains an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement.
[Latin ēmerita, feminine of ēmeritus; see EMERITUS.]