Usually means: Top academic performer in class.
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  1. valedictorian: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. valedictorian: Merriam-Webster
  3. valedictorian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. valedictorian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. valedictorian: Collins English Dictionary
  6. valedictorian: Vocabulary.com
  7. Valedictorian, valedictorian: Wordnik
  8. valedictorian: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. valedictorian: Wiktionary
  10. valedictorian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. valedictorian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. valedictorian: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. valedictorian: Dictionary.com
  14. valedictorian: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Valedictorian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Valedictorian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. valedictorian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. valedictorian: Rhymezone
  19. Valedictorian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. valedictorian: FreeDictionary.org
  21. valedictorian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. valedictorian: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Valedictorian: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (US, Canada, properly) The individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell or valedictory address, often the person who graduates with the highest grades.
▸ noun:  (US, Canada, colloquial) The individual in a graduating class who graduates with the highest grades.

Similar:
valedictory speaker, valedict, salutatorian, laureate, honor student, victory lap, last word, honor roll, honor, victor ludorum, more...

Opposite:
salutatorian, runner-up, second highest GPA

Adjectives:
high, first, young, former, senior, black, last, charming, female, only

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    gold,     maroon,     silver,     royal blue,     emerald, more...



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Similar:
valedictory speaker, valedict, salutatorian, laureate, honor student, victory lap, last word, honor roll, honor, victor ludorum, more...

Opposite:
salutatorian, runner-up, second highest GPA

Adjectives:
high, first, young, former, senior, black, last, charming, female, only

Colors:
    gold,     maroon,     silver,     royal blue,     emerald, more...



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