A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honour class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified.(noun)
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Use "classman" in a sentence
"Usually, hegemony derives from consent and collusion from the lower class, but in this case, Johnny is an upper classman whose parents can afford to send him to a nice school."
""Whether you're a freshman or an upper-classman, the next few months are sure to bring new friendships, challenges, and opportunities -- and probably a new address," the letter says."
"Chuckling the official from Indonesia pointed to picture he had of his Jakarta schools upper classman on a briefing kit book cover - an American kid they knew as ‘Barry’."