• Self-starter

    Origin

    - + starter

    Full definition of self-starter

    Noun

    self-starter

    (plural self-starters)
    1. A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
    2. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.
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