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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the student with the best grades who usually delivers the valedictory address at commencement;
[syn: valedictorian, valedictory speaker]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Valedictorian \Val`e*dic*to"ri*an\, n.
   One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in
   American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory
   of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually
   the student who ranks first in scholarship.
   [1913 Webster]