self-starter
The English word “self-starter” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
- 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.
- An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
Etymology
From self- + starter.
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