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Self-Starter

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Self-Starter'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/self-starter.html. 1828.