Meanings
plural seconders
- 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 - 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.
- 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.
Origin
From second + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).
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seconder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seconder
“seconder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seconder. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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