salutatorian
noun [ C ] US uk/səˌljuː.təˈtɔː.ri.ən/ us/səˌluː.təˈtɔːr.i.ən/
中学毕业总成绩第二名的学生（通常在学校的毕业典礼上代表所有学生致词）
the student who has the second-highest grades in their graduating (= finishing) class in high school and who usually makes a speech at the graduation (= leaving) ceremony
She graduated as the salutatorian of her class. 她毕业时是班里的荣誉毕业生，仅次于校内第一名。
At his graduation, he read a speech as the salutatorian, the runner-up to the valedictorian. 在毕业典礼上，他作为总成绩第二名的学生致辞。
Compare: valedictorian
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- Valedictorians and salutatorians, or those seniors ranked first and second in their class based on their grade-point averages, will be named.
- The class of 2020 includes 92 class valedictorians and 44 salutatorians.
- Her high school had a female valedictorian but a male salutatorian.
- Her high school, where she graduated as salutatorian in 1979, was destroyed in the hurricane.