second
Definition of second:
part of speech: verb
To support or assist; to encourage; to promote.
part of speech: noun
One who accompanies another in a duel to direct or support him; a supporter; the sixtieth part of a minute of time or motion; in music, the interval between two succeeding sounds of a scale.
part of speech: adjective
The next in order to the first; next in value, power, excellence, rank, or relationship; inferior.
Usage examples:
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Well, well, then I should have to put up with the second
William Dean Howells in "The Coast of Bohemia". -
But a second night came and went, and still she did not come.
Lawrence L. Lynch in "Out of a Labyrinth". -
On the second visit Mrs. Bohlmann said: " I tell my good man that with all the law- business he has, he must get a lawyer for a son- in- law."
Paul Leicester Ford in "The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him". -
The reply came on the second day.
Mary Roberts Rinehart in "The Amazing Interlude".