seconder

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noun

Something that lasts or takes a specified number of seconds.

“He's been the seconder on many motions, but I don't think he's ever made a motion himself.”

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nounseconder (plural seconders)

plural seconders

  1. in compoundsSomething that lasts or takes a specified number of seconds.
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    I'm a post-first-weight-gain-in-ten-years, post-obsessing-about-food-every-minute-of-every-day, and life is different. It really is. I still struggle sometimes, but I can honestly say that the tapes are no longer playing. Once in a while I hear a little “commercial,” a brief ten-seconder: Are you sure you don't want to lose a little weight? Wouldn't you rather skip that high-fat meal?

    2003, Constance Rhodes, Life Inside the “Thin” Cage: A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieter, Colorado Springs, CO: WaterBrook Press, →ISBN, page 149
  2. The person who makes a second to a motion in any formal procedure, such as a parliamentary procedure.

    He's been the seconder on many motions, but I don't think he's ever made a motion himself.

  3. scoutingA Cub Scout serving as a second-in-command to a sixer.

    Synonyms: second

  4. climbingA person who seconds; a person who climbs after the leader

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Cub Scout serving as a second-in-command to a sixer.

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Origin

From second + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

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APA

seconder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seconder

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“seconder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seconder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seconder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seconder.

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