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Someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
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seconder
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The person who makes a second to a motion in any formal procedure, such as a parliamentary procedure.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A nomination is made on a prescribed nomination form, signed by the candidate, proposer and seconder . ▪ Elections Only corporate members may participate in elections, either as candidate, proposer, seconder or voter. ▪ Ken was ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seconder \Sec"ond*er\, n. One who seconds[3] or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.
Usage examples of seconder.
There was no mention at all that the feds might be active in Gater or Seconder affairs.
My mother pictured a daughter as a counterinsurgent: a fellow lover of lapdogs, a seconder of proposals to attend the Ice Capades.
Daniel Dabbs had never made a speech in his life, but excitement drove him on the honourable post of seconder.