starter

IPA: stˈɑrtɝ

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

Examples of "starter" in Sentences

It is my belief Bodden will get the most snaps (I hate the term starter).
How Cutler does in his first full season as a starter is the key to how the Broncos will finish.
Since my starter is a medley (or mutt, if you will) of flours, I just used "whole wheat" as a baseline in my calculations.
But I was startled to read that the starter is a sweet and rich version of sourdough - it is fed with protein-rich milk, sugar and flour, and * never* refrigerated!
If his first season as a starter is an indication, he's in line for the kind of prolific career of former MAC quarterbacks such as Byron Leftwich and Ben Roethlisberger.
Most likely to become the starter is freshman Jake Heaps, who is simply the best passer available and showed an awful lot of preparedness and poise coming on campus before his senior year of high school was completed.
Following Virginia's 33-21 loss Saturday at Georgia Tech, Offensive Coordinator Bill Lazor said that at no point during the game did he contemplate replacing fifth-year senior quarterback Marc Verica -- the team's starter from the outset of the season -- with either redshirt freshman Ross Metheny or true freshman Michael Rocco.