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second Hist. 
1 n. Fur Trade the clerk next senior to the factor of a post.
See also: factor
- 1913 All were placed at table in order of seniority, we apprentice clerks being . . . near the foot, where the kindly "second" . . . presided. . . .
2 n. the second-in-command of an Indian band.
See also: second chief
- 1913 All were placed at table in order of seniority, we apprentice clerks being . . . near the foot, where the kindly "second" . . . presided. . . .