salutatorian
- (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
Origin of salutatorian
Examples from the Web for salutatorian
Contemporary Examples of salutatorian
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A scholar-athlete, he was salutatorian in his graduating class.
But Bettie, with a 97.19 average, was beat out by .14 points, and had to settle for Salutatorian status.
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Historical Examples of salutatorian
May 29, 1884, he graduated from the Atlanta Baptist College as salutatorian.
All the salutatorian had to do was to sit still and hear what the other speakers had to say and feel good.
Princeton StoriesJesse Lynch Williams
Word Origin and History for salutatorian
1841, American English, from salutatory "of the nature of a salutation," here in the specific sense "designating the welcoming address given at a college commencement" (1702) + -ian. The address was originally usually in Latin and given by the second-ranking graduating student.