salutatorian
noun[C]
USuk/səˌljuː.təˈtɔː.ri.ən/us/səˌluː.təˈtɔːr.i.ən/thestudentwho has the second-highestgradesintheirgraduating(=finishing)classin highschooland who usually makes aspeechat thegraduation(=leaving)ceremony:
Shegraduatedas the salutatorian of herclass.
At hisgraduation, hereadaspeechas the salutatorian, therunner-upto thevaledictorian.
Compare
valedictorian
- Valedictorians and salutatorians, or thoseseniorsrankedfirst and second intheirclassbasedontheirgrade-pointaverages, will benamed.
- Theclassof 2020includes92classvaledictoriansand 44 salutatorians.
- Her highschoolhad afemalevaledictorianbut amalesalutatorian.
- Her highschool, where shegraduatedas salutatorian in 1979, wasdestroyedin thehurricane.
Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batch
- batchmate
- entrant
- graduate
- homeschooler
- infant
- intern
- internship
- learner
- pupil
- schoolboy
- schoolchild
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- send
- theologian