n. One who or that which starts.n. One who sets out on a journey, a pursuit, a race, or the like.n. One who or that which sets persons or things in motion, as a person who gives the signal for a race, or for the starting of a coach, car, boat, or other conveyance, or a lever or rod for setting an engine or a machine in motion.n. A dog that starts game; a springer; a cocker.n. In cribbage, the cut card.