"self-starter" meaning in English

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        "A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness."
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        "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."
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