Salutatorian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Salutatorian \Sa*lu`ta*to"ri*an\, n.
     The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the
     annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an
     honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating
     class who ranks second in scholarship. [U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  salutatorian
       n : the graduating student with the second highest academic
           rank; delivers the opening address at graduation
           exercises [syn: {salutatory speaker}]