starter

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start⋅er

[stahr-ter]

–noun

1.	a person or thing that starts.

2.	a person who gives the signal to begin, as for a race, the running of a train, bus, elevator, etc.

3.	a device that starts an internal-combustion engine without a need for cranking by hand.

4.	a person or thing that starts in a race or contest: Only five starters finished the race.

5.	a culture of bacteria used to start a particular fermentation, as in the manufacture of cheese, buttermilk, sour cream, etc.

6.	Cookery. sourdough (def. 1).

7.	Slang. a shill, as at a gaming table in a casino.

8.	Cribbage. the card turned face up on the stack before the play.

–adjective

9.	constituting a basis or beginning: a starter set of dishes; a starter home.

—Idiom

10.	for starters, Informal. as the first step or part; initially; first: We will have soup for starters. For starters, he doesn't even know how to drive.

Origin:
1530–40; start + -er ¹

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start·er (stär'tər)

One that starts.
An attachment for starting an internal-combustion engine without hand cranking. Also called self-starter.
A device that initiates a flow of high voltage across the electrodes of a fluorescent lamp.
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.
Baseball
1. The first pitcher for a team in a game.
2. A pitcher who regularly begins games for a team.
The first in a series, especially the first course of a meal; an appetizer.

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