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self-serviceself-serving
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self-similarity
Self-slaughter
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self-sterile
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Self-subdued
self-subsistence
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: an energetic person with unusual initiative
2: an electric starting motor that automatically starts an internal-combustion engine
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 18941. starter 3a2. a person who has initiative
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. 1 an electric appliance for starting a motor vehicle engine without the use of a crank. 2 an ambitious person who needs no external motivation.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
