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valedictorian

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val⋅e⋅dic⋅to⋅ri⋅an

  [val-i-dik-tawr-ee-uhn, -tohr-]
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–noun
a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
Origin:
1750–60, Americanism; valedictory + -an
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val·e·dic·to·ri·an   (vāl'ĭ-dĭk-tôr'ē-ən, -tōr'-)   
n.  The student with the highest academic rank in a class who delivers the valedictory at graduation.
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