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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The student with the second highest academic rank in a class who delivers the salutatory at graduation exercises.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In American colleges, the member of a graduating class who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual commencement exercises.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun U.S. 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US The person who graduates
high school with the second highestGPA and is thus gives a salutatorian’s address during the graduation ceremony.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises
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Examples
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Hoang's IMDb profile says she got her start in dance at 16, was the salutatorian of her high school class and earned a degree in biomedical science from Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
Huong Hoang: Actress Suing IMDB, Amazon Over Age, Reveals Herself 2012
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Sometimes the valedictorian or salutatorian of our senior class is one such student.
Larry Strauss: Let's Honor All Our Honors Students -- Regardless of Where They Were Born or How They Got Here Larry Strauss 2011
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My brother and sister graduated salutatorian and valedictorian of their high school classes while I managed to coast along with an average slightly above a 'B' effort was not my strong suit in high school.
Jason Kitchen: To My Dearest Mumsy: Thank You for Not Being a 'Tiger Mother' Jason Kitchen 2011
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He was salutatorian, Leatherman says, standing in front of the class.
Legacy of hope: Two friends made it cool to be smart at Ballou. But what happened after they left? V. Dion Haynes 2010
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Sometimes the valedictorian or salutatorian of our senior class is one such student.
Larry Strauss: Let's Honor All Our Honors Students -- Regardless of Where They Were Born or How They Got Here Larry Strauss 2011
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Several years ago, she excelled in a job-training program that focused on basic skills, graduating as the salutatorian.
In Philadelphia, a widowed mother of 4 hopes Obama will deliver good news on jobs Michael A. Fletcher 2011
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My brother and sister graduated salutatorian and valedictorian of their high school classes while I managed to coast along with an average slightly above a 'B' effort was not my strong suit in high school.
Jason Kitchen: To My Dearest Mumsy: Thank You for Not Being a 'Tiger Mother' Jason Kitchen 2011
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Sometimes the valedictorian or salutatorian of our senior class is one such student.
Larry Strauss: Let's Honor All Our Honors Students -- Regardless of Where They Were Born or How They Got Here Larry Strauss 2011
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The salutatorian of her high school class, she went on to work as an elevator operator and a janitor.
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Instead, Duquette went on to become salutatorian of his high school class -- and was accepted at every college to which he applied, ABC News reports.
WATCH: Autistic Student Eric Duquette Amazes Audience With Graduation Speech 2010
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