self-starter
[self-stahr-ter]
noun
Informal. a person who begins work or undertakes a project on his or her own initiative, without needing to be told or encouraged to do so.
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Origin of self-starter
First recorded in 1890–95
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Examples from the Web for self-starter
Contemporary Examples of self-starter
Enough of your threatening to be a self-starter; now marks a turning point when you either do it or shut it.
Historical Examples of self-starter
When I came out my car refused to go; the self-starter appears to have gone on a strike.
ShavingsJoseph C. Lincoln
In haste they scrambled aboard, and pressed the self-starter on the engine.
Air Service Boys Over The RhineCharles Amory Beach
On the level Bud went into neutral and pressed the self-starter with a pessimistic deliberation.
Cabin FeverB. M. Bower
The paper was put away at once, and with a whirr from the self-starter the motor throbbed.
The Golf Course MysteryChester K. Steele
Ed had been the first to reach the structure, and, quickly switching on the self-starter, had run the machine out.
The Motor Girls on the CoastMargaret Penrose
self-starter
noun
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