单词 | seconder |
释义 | secondern. I. [ < second adj.] 1. One who comes second, or in the second rank. Now only local, a second hand on a farm.In quot. 18981 used to represent Anglo-Latin secundarius, secondary adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > second rate seconder1598 second-liner1958 second ranker1959 society > faith > church government > council > cathedral dignitaries > [noun] > secondary secondary1436 seneschal1882 seconder1898 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 35 To retire..and charge againe, giuing place to his next fellow, or seconder. 1883 Goole (Yorksh.) Weekly Times 31 Aug. 5/2 (advt.) Wanted, a Farm Servant, as seconder. 1898 A. F. Leach Beverley Act Bk. I. Introd. 72 The Seconders (secundarii), clerks of the second form at Exeter [Cathedral]. 1898 A. F. Leach Beverley Act Bk. I. Introd. 72 In June, 1529, all the Seconders complained that [etc.]. 2. A student of the second grade in social rank at St. Andrews University. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > types at specific universities son?c1550 Bibler1569 round cap1572 batteler1604 fellow commoner1614 gentleman-commoner1614 primar1642 Bible-clerk1650 Harry-Sopha1661 hodman1677 nobleman1682 seconder1684 grueller1691 ternar1698 tuft1755 red gowna1774 ten-year-man1816 prick-bill1818 bear1828 martinet1831 sheep1865 trotter1883 skiver1884 hall-reader1886 sign-off1902 night climber1937 techie1969 1684 A. Skeine Let. 22 Mar. in Sc. Antiquary (1896) 11 20 If he be a seconder his expence will be as folous. 1807 J. Grierson Delineations St. Andrews 160 Seconders and Terners are the only distinctions now in use. 1827 Ferrie in Evid. Comm. Univ. Scot. (1837) III. (St. Andrews) 35 The Primars are the sons of Noblemen; the Secondars are what they call Gentlemen Commoners in England. 1907 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. IV. xvi. 406 All the winners are armigerous, so probably they were Secondars, as a rule. II. [ < second v.1] 3. a. One who supports (what is proposed by another); one who furthers the designs of another. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager friendOE procurera1325 fautorc1330 voweec1380 corner-stonec1384 abettor1387 vocatec1390 procurator1395 maintainer?a1400 proctora1413 supporter1426 comforter1483 factorc1503 allower1528 advancer1536 affirmer?1541 agreer1548 encourager1562 fortifierc1565 favourer1567 aim-crier1597 suffragator1606 seconder1623 countenancera1625 affectionate1628 adstipulator1646 flesher1646 fauterera1662 advocate1735 sympathizer1816 sympathista1834 advocator1837 ite1852 rooter1889 spear-carrier1960 1623 Chaworth in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 477 The Parlement cumd, and in ye first weeke ye proposition being a breach wth Spaine,..&c. and the Prince ye seconder of all Buckingham could propound. 1827 E. Bulwer-Lytton Falkland i. 66 I find in myself a powerful seconder to my uncle's wishes. 1891 J. Winsor Columbus viii. 175 Perez is said to have found a seconder in Luis de Santangel. b. spec. One who seconds a motion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or backing > [noun] > seconding > one who seconds a motion seconder1678 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 52 He Interrupted him and the Seconder of that Motion. 1780 E. Burke Speech Duration Parl. Sp. (1816) II. 173 I do not tell the respectable mover and seconder..that [etc.]. 1828 Brougham in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 18 49 His hon. and learned friend, the seconder, as well as the hon. mover of the Address. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. ix. 139 In the House of Lords, a question may be proposed without a seconder. 1890 Proc. 12th Convent. Amer. Instructors of Deaf 330 I would like to add my mite to the seconder of this resolution. c. One who seconds a nomination or candidature introduced by a proposer. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] > nomination to office > one who nominates > one who seconds nomination seconder1864 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or backing > [noun] > seconding > one who seconds nomination or candidature seconder1864 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > proposing as candidate > one who > supporter of seconder1864 assentor1880 1864 C. Dickens Let. 21 Sept. (1998) X. 429 Will you write your name in the candidates' Book as his seconder? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1598 |
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