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food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)

an electric motor for starting an engine

a contestant who is in the game at the beginning

food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)

an electric motor for starting an engine

a contestant who is in the game at the beginning

One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

A dog that rouses game.

One who starts; a dog that rouses game.

One who starts, to start after, to set out after; to follow; to start against, to act as a rival candidate against; to start for, to be a candidate for, as an office; to start up, to rise suddenly; to bring into motion; to get the start, to begin before another; an upstart, one who has suddenly come into notice from an inferior state.

n. One who starts ; one who shrinks from his purpose; one who suddenly moves or suggests a question or an objection ;-a dog that rouses game;-one who gives the signal for running in a race.