[suh-loo-tuh-tawr-ee-uh
n, -tohr-] 
| (in some U.S. schools and colleges) the student ranking second highest in the graduating class, who delivers the salutatory at commencement. |
| sa·lu·ta·to·ri·an (sə-lōō'tə-tôr'ē-ən, -tōr'-) n. The student with the second highest academic rank in a class who delivers the salutatory at graduation exercises. |