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noun
(in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement.
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salutatorian
1847, from salutatory (adj.), 1670, "of the nature of a salutation," in the specific sense "designating the welcoming address given at a college commencement" (1702, the address usually in Latin), from L. salutatorius "pertaining to visiting or greeting," from salut-, pp. stem of salutare "to greet"
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