Definition of "salutatorian" []

• The student with the second highest academic rank in a class who delivers the salutatory at graduation exercises. (noun)

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• "Several years ago, she excelled in a job-training program that focused on basic skills, graduating as the salutatorian."
• "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."
• "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."