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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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