assentorn.
/əˈsɛntɔː/ An assenter; spec. applied to those who, in addition to the proposer and seconder, subscribe the nomination-paper of a candidate in a parliamentary or other election.
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the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] > one who
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assentator1531
assentant1562
yea-sayer1584
assenter1634
subscriber1653
assentient1859
assentor1880
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > proposing as candidate > one who > supporter of
seconder1864
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1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times lix. 307 A proposer and seconder and eight assentors.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 June 3/1 One of his proposers..was an episcopalian Protestant, while several of his assentors are Presbyterian farmers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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