seconder

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sec=ond=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

seconder, n. 

 One who seconds{3} or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

seconder

Maecenas, abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, angel, apologist, backer, buff, champion, defender, dependence, encourager, endorser, exponent, fan, favorer, friend at court, lover, mainstay, maintainer, paranymph, partisan, patron, promoter, protagonist, reliance, second, sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, upholder, votary, well-wisher

ROGET THESAURUS

seconder

Auxiliary

N auxiliary, recruit, assistant, adjuvant, adjutant, ayudante, coaid, adjunct, help, helper, help mate, helping hand, midwife, colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator, coadjutor, coadjutrix, collaborator, ally, friend, confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego, confederate, accomplice, complice, accessory, accessory after the fact, particeps criminis, socius criminis, aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal, right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer, candle- holder, bottle-holder, handmaid, servant, puppet, cat's-paw, jackal, tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee, satellite, adherent, votary, sectarian, secretary, seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator, angel (theater, entertainment), friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius.