Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Canada, US)The individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell or valedictory address, often the person who graduates with the highest grades.

    Abschiedsredner, Jahrgangsbester, Jahrgangsprimus

    отличникotličnik, отличницаotličnica

    the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement

  2. (Canada, US, colloquial)The individual in a graduating class who graduates with the highest grades.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Tom was valedictorian and Mary was the salutatorian.

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  2. Tom was the valedictorian.

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  3. She was the valedictorian of her class.

    ruНа выпускном она произнесла прощальную речь от имени своего класса.

    deSie war diejenige aus ihrer Klasse, die die Abschiedsrede hielt.

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  4. Ziri is the valedictorian.

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  5. Princeton University has announced its first black valedictorian in the Ivy League school’s history.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
no 1 student:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
farewell speech giver:
no 1 student:

Origin

Formed 1759, from valedictory (“of a speech made when leaving”) + -an.

Formed 1759, from valedictory (“of a speech made when leaving”) + -an.

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Forms

plural: valedictorians
Singularvaledictorian
Pluralvaledictorians

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement:valedictory speaker

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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