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• n  someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote

• Alfred Jacques, Duluth Democrat, a seconder of Woodrow Wilson's nomination in 1912.
• No wonder that Queen Victoria called him "the most intelligent Prince in Europe" and that President Theodore Roosevelt subsequently came forward with a voluble seconder.
• Government officials invalidated the nomination, explaining that neither the nominator nor the seconder was a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly.

Quotes

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• Bruce Flegg in The Age
  I've spoken to all the members and I'm not aware he has even managed to get a seconder for a spill motion,Dr Flegg said. "I am very confident of the support within the party room."