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单词 seconder
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secondern.

/ˈsɛkəndə/
Forms: Also 1800s Scottish (in sense 2) secondar.
Etymology: < second adj., second v.1 + -er suffix1.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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