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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
seconder
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 ably assisted by seconder Royal Robbins, who has probably drilled more bolts than anyone else.
▪ The seconder, who helped push the resolution through, was the mayor of London, Adam Beck.
▪ When obtaining signatures to the nomination paper the candidate must obtain the signatures of the proposer and seconder first. 4.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seconder

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.

Wiktionary
seconder

n. The person who makes a second to a motion in any formal procedure, such as a parliamentary procedure.

WordNet
seconder

n. someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote

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.