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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Self-starter \Self`-start"er\, n.
     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;
     -- called also a {starter}.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  self-starter
       n 1: an energetic person with unusual initiative
       2: an electric starting motor that automatically starts an
          internal-combustion engine

















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