n. The person who graduates high school with the second highest GPA and is thus gives a salutatorianās address during the graduation ceremony.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In American colleges, the member of a graduating class who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual commencement exercises.
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n. a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises