Definition of Salutatorian

1. Noun. A graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises.

Exact synonyms: Salutatory Speaker
Generic synonyms: Bookman, Scholar, Scholarly Person, Student

Definition of Salutatorian

1. n. The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.

Definition of Salutatorian

1. Noun. (American English) The person who graduates high school with the second highest GPA and is thus gives a salutatorian’s address during the graduation ceremony. ¹

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Definition of Salutatorian

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salutatorian

salume
salumi
saluresis
saluretic
saluretics
saluric
salut des armes
salutarily
salutariness
salutarinesses
salutarium
salutary
salutation
salutational
salutations
salutatorian (current term)
salutatorians
salutatories
salutatory
salutatory address
salutatory speaker
salute
saluted
saluter
saluters
salutes
saluteth
salutiferous
salutiferously
saluting

Literary usage of Salutatorian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scribners Monthly by Charles William Wason (1878)
"OB Frothingham was the salutatorian of the class of 1843 at Harvard, and was especially ... Caleb Gushing was the salutatorian of Harvard's class of 1814. ..."

2. The History of Brown University, 1764-1914 by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1914)
"The event referred to by the salutatorian had brought a distinguished visitor to Rhode Island a few weeks before, in the person of George Washington, ..."

3. Scribners Monthly by Charles William Wason (1878)
"OB Frothingham was the salutatorian of the class of 1843 at Harvard, and was especially ... Caleb Gushing was the salutatorian of Harvard's class of 1814. ..."

4. The History of Brown University, 1764-1914 by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1914)
"The event referred to by the salutatorian had brought a distinguished visitor to Rhode Island a few weeks before, in the person of George Washington, ..."

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