starter

noun

1. Someone who starts, or who starts something.
2. The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
3. A starting pitcher.
4. A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
5. An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
6. A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
7. A yeast culture, or a medium containing one, used to start a fermentation process.
8. Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
9. The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
10. A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
11. A dog that rouses game.
12. A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.