Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who seconds; one who approves and supports what another attempts, affirms, or proposes: as, the seconder of a motion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who seconds{3} or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The person who makes a
second to amotion in any formal procedure, such as aparliamentary procedure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote
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Examples
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The claimant will have both a sponsor as good as a seconder, as good as a sponsor will have certain which multiform members have had a possibility to get to know a claimant improved than a singular can by a discerning sell of pleasantries over cheese prior to dinner.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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The claimant will have both a sponsor as good as a seconder, as good as a sponsor will have certain which multiform members have had a possibility to get to know a claimant improved than a singular can by a discerning sell of pleasantries over cheese prior to dinner.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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Then Nancy Pelosi called for the seconder to the motion that Obama be selected, and the roar was surely felt down the years.
Archive 2008-08-01 Jonathan 2008
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I agree with Victor and the seconder who point out that this has more to do with culture than actual differences in our state of happiness.
The Macroeconomics of Love: A Valentine’s Day Analysis - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Then Nancy Pelosi called for the seconder to the motion that Obama be selected, and the roar was surely felt down the years.
A moment in history Jonathan 2008
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Immediately, Baht At put a motion to expel Damien and that's where the male admin wrote that, as the motion to expel Damien was just a reaction to the motion to expel Baht At and had no seconder, then the second motion now "lapsed".
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We really need to recruit the private seconder folks as part of what I'll call a cyber militia to be standing ready to defend our country against strategic attack.
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Jhalanath Khanal of CPN-UML as proposer and MJF leader Upendra Yadav as seconder signed the nomination paper of Prachanda.
Maoist Leader 'Prachanda' is the First Premier of the Republic of Nepal 2008
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Immediately, Baht At put a motion to expel Damien and that's where the male admin wrote that, as the motion to expel Damien was just a reaction to the motion to expel Baht At and had no seconder, then the second motion now "lapsed".
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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If you're interested, this should give you a rough idea of cost of the 30s for primetime viewing (15s - fifteen seconder edit downs - are cheaper):
looking at tvcs Dean Francis Alfar 2005
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