From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Self-starter \Self`-start"er\, n.
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;
-- called also a {starter}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Starter \Start"er\ (st[aum]rt"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a
journey; the starter of a race.
[1913 Webster]
2. A dog that rouses game.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
starter
n 1: an electric motor for starting an engine [syn: {starter},
{starter motor}, {starting motor}]
2: a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the
beginning
3: the official who signals the beginning of a race or
competition [syn: {starter}, {dispatcher}]
4: any new participant in some activity [syn: {newcomer},
{fledgling}, {fledgeling}, {starter}, {neophyte}, {freshman},
{newbie}, {entrant}]
5: food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served
before a meal or as the first course) [syn: {appetizer},
{appetiser}, {starter}]
6: a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel
handle [syn: {crank}, {starter}]
7: a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start
the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or
cheese or dough; "to make sourdough you need a starter"
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Starter /ʃtartr/
flagman; starter
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
starter /stɑrtər/
starter
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