self-starter

Noun

 * 1) A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.
 * 1) An engine so equipped, or the vehicle that it powers.