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Definition of Salutatorian
1. Noun. A graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises.
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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Salutatorian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salutatorian
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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