valedictoriann.
/ˌvalᵻdɪkˈtɔːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌvæləˌdɪkˈtɔriən/ U.S.
In colleges, academies, etc., the student (male or female) appointed on grounds of merit to deliver the valedictory oration on Commencement day.
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1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) 100 The last year's ‘Valedictorian’ of the Apollinean Institute.
1873 E. S. Phelps Trotty's Wedding Tour 172 The valedictorian of her class in the young ladies' Star of Hope Seminary.
1887 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Aug. 294 Among others..chosen are the valedictorian of the Senior class [etc.].
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