seconder
nounEtymology From second + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).
1
In compounds Something that lasts or takes a specified number of seconds.
- 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
A Cub Scout serving as a second-in-command to a sixer.