Valedictory vs. Valedictorian

Valedictoryadjective

Of or pertaining to a made]] when parting company; designed for or suitable to an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.

Valedictoryadjective

Of or pertaining to a grades]].

Valedictorynoun

An address given on an occasion of bidding farewell or parting company.

Valedictorynoun

A speech given by a valedictorian at a commencement or graduation ceremony.

Valedictoryadjective

Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.

Valedictorynoun

A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.

Valedictorynoun

a farewell oration delivered by the most outstanding member of a graduating class

Valedictoryadjective

of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell;

Valedictoryadjective

of a speech expressing leave-taking;

Valedictoriannoun

The individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell or valedictory address, usually the person who graduates with the highest grades.

Valedictoriannoun

The individual in a graduating class who graduates with the highest grades.

Valedictoriannoun

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.

Valedictoriannoun

the student with the best grades who delivers the valedictory at graduation

Valedictorian

Valedictorian is an academic title of success used in the United States, Canada, Kuwait, Egypt, Philippines, and Greece (and elsewhere in a limited number of schools) for the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony (called a valediction). The chosen valedictorian is traditionally the student with the highest academic standing among their graduating class, and that standing is commonly determined by a numerical formula for Grade Point Average (GPA), but other methods of selection are also in use.