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/səˌljuː.təˈtɔːɹ.iː.ən/ · noun
(US, education) The person who graduates high school with the second-highest GPA and thus gets to give the salutatory address during the graduation ceremony..
At first, it seemed a joyous occasion. There was an audible gasp in the room, then boisterous cheering and applause when the announcement was made: Ikeria Washington and Layla Temple had been named 2021 valedictorian and salutatorian for West Point High School. […] Within days, and breaking with longstanding tradition, West Point High School decided to name two valedictorians and two salutatorians — with two white students, Emma Berry and Dominic Borgioli, joining the Black students who had already been named.
He was the salutatorian of his high school class (a sore subject, his sister said, since So thought he missed the top spot on a technicality), and entered Stanford intending to major in computer science.
Use salutatorian when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Salutatorian means (US, education) The person who graduates high school with the second-highest GPA and thus gets to give the salutatory address during the graduation ceremony..
Common synonyms include salutatory speaker.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At first, it seemed a joyous occasion. There was an audible gasp in the room, then boisterous cheering and applause when the announcement was made: Ikeria Washington and Layla Temple had been named 2021 valedictorian and salutatorian for West Point High School. […] Within days, and breaking with longstanding tradition, West Point High School decided to name two valedictorians and two salutatorians — with two white students, Emma Berry and Dominic Borgioli, joining the Black students who had already been named.
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