self-starter
noun
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1
A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
2
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.
3
An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
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