starter

Definition

Someone who starts, or who starts something.

Etymology

From start + -er.

Example Sentences

• "The most charitable view taken of them by their colleagues was that, as late starters on the journey away from their Labour past, they had not fully understood that the SDP intended to be something new and not just a Mark II Labour Party […]"
• "It's small, but it's a good starter house."
• "Goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga wasn’t a starter at Fulham."