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self-start⋅er

  [self-stahr-ter]
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–noun
1. starter (def. 3).
2. Informal. a person who begins work or undertakes a project on his or her own initiative, without needing to be told or encouraged to do so.
Origin:
1890–95

Related forms:
self-starting, adjective
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self-start·er   (sělf'stär'tər)
n.  

  1. See starter.

  2. One who displays an unusual amount of initiative.

self'-start'ing adj.
start·er   (stär'tər)   
n.  

  1. One that starts.

  2. An attachment for starting an internal-combustion engine without hand cranking. Also called self-starter.

  3. A device that initiates a flow of high voltage across the electrodes of a fluorescent lamp.

  4. Sports

    1. One who signals the start of a race.

    2. A participant that starts in a game or race.

    3. The first pitcher for a team in a game.

    4. A pitcher who regularly begins games for a team.

  5. Baseball

    1. The first pitcher for a team in a game.

    2. A pitcher who regularly begins games for a team.

  6. The first in a series, especially the first course of a meal; an appetizer.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

self-starter 
1894, of engines, 1960, of persons (esp. workers), self + starter (see start). Self-starting, of motors, is attested from 1866.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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