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starter

/ˈstɑːtə(ɹ)/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Someone who starts something.
  2. Something that starts something.
  3. The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
  4. (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
  5. A dog that rouses game.
  6. A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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