Emeritus isn't it wrong?

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How can a female retired Leader be an »emeritus« when my latin book says the female form is »emerita«?

http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Badges&b=emeritus
in Policy and Style by Living Kølle G2G6 Mach 4 (49.4k points)

1 Answer

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Good on you for noticing this.  However, it's not really wrong per se because common usage accepts in many cases the masculine form when referring to titles and positions.  A manager is masculine, a manageress is feminine.  You often see an actress referred to as an actor, a waitress as a waitor. etc, etc. However, it's never acceptable to do it the other way (i.e. give a man a feminine title - except Queen but I think that's something else). Like in Italian you refer to a group of boys and girls as a group of boys, unless you make the extra effort to differentiate which hardly ever happens.
by Vincent Piazza G2G6 Pilot (250k points)
I see, it's not the latin, but the US meaning of the word - thanks!

No rule without exception: Maria of Hungary (1371-1395) was crowned King of Hungary 09/17/1382.

Just curious ? Is that  " Maria of Hungary" profile on WikiTree ?

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