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self-starter

noun

Etymology

From self- + starter.

  1. derived from *(s)ter-✻ — “to be stiff”
  2. inherited from *sturtijan✻ — “to startle, move, set in motion”
  3. inherited from styrtan — “to leap up, start”
  4. inherited from sterten — “to leap up suddenly, rush out”
  5. suffixed as starter — “start + er”
  6. prefixed as self-starter — “self + starter”

Definitions

  1. A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.

  2. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an…

    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.

    • The grey Bentley convertible, the 1933 4½-litre with the Amherst-Villiers supercharger, had been brought round a few minutes earlier from the garage where he kept it and the engine had kicked directly he pressed the self-starter.

  3. An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.

    • His ancient Cadillac was one of the first self-starters.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA