seconder
noun [ C ] politics specialized uk/ˈsek.ən.dər/ us/ˈsek.ən.dɚ/
（会议中对提名、动议等的）附议者，赞成者
someone who makes a formal statement of support for a suggestion made by someone else during a meeting, so that there can be a discussion or vote
There was no seconder for the motion so it could not be debated. 该议案没有附议者，因此无法进行辩论。
See: second
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- His proposal failed to find a seconder.
- We have a motion proposed by Mr Connon. Is there a seconder?
- The names of the proposer and seconder will not be published and will remain confidential to the scrutineers.
- Only corporate members may participate in elections, either as candidate, proposer, seconder or voter.
- All the candidates had to be nominated with proposers and seconders and they all have election agents.