self-starter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: self-starter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for self-starter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-starter n an energetic person with unusual initiative an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.