VALEDICTORIAN


Meaning of VALEDICTORIAN in English

/val'i dik tawr"ee euhn, -tohr"-/ , n.

a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.

[ 1750-60, Amer.; VALEDICTORY + -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .