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Meaning
Noun
●
Someone who
starts
, or who
starts
something.
The person who
starts
a
race
by
firing
a
gun
or
waving
a flag.
●
In Baseball:
Someone who
starts
, or who
starts
something.
A
starting
pitcher.
●
In Golf:
Someone who
starts
, or who
starts
something.
A person
employed
to take new
players
to the first
tee
at
suitable
intervals
, and to provide them with
caddies
and equipment.
●
Something that
starts
something.
An
electric motor
that
starts
an
internal combustion
engine.
A
device
that
initiates
the
flow
of
high voltage
electricity
in a
fluorescent
lamp.
A
yeast
culture
used to
start
a
fermentation
process.
●
Something with which to
begin
; a first
property
, etc.
●
The first
course
of a
meal
,
consisting of
a small, usually
savoury
, dish.
●
A
player
in the
lineup
of
player
s that
a team
fields
at the
beginning
of a game.
●
A
dog
that
rouses
game.
●
In British English:
A
short
length
of
rope
formerly used for
casual
chastisement
in the Navy.
●
In Rail transportation & Automotive:
A
railway
signal
controlling
the
starting
of
trains
from a
station
or some other
location
, more
fully
called a
starter signal
or
starting
signal
.
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Wiktionary
Origin
starter
English
-er
English
-er
Middle English (1100-1500)
-eren
Middle English (1100-1500)
-or
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-ra
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
start
English
stert
Middle English (1100-1500)
sterten
Middle English (1100-1500)
styrtan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
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Carter
Barter
Carter
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