A person who is experienced at a certain activity.
A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, more fully called a starter signal or starting signal.
A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process.
A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
A dog that rouses game.
The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
A starting pitcher.
An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
Someone who starts, or who starts something.
Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.