Definitions
1.nounSomeone who starts something."a starter on a journey"
2.nounSomething that starts something."It's small, but it's a good starter house."
3.nounThe first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
4.noun(team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
5.nounA dog that rouses game.
6.nounA short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
7.nounA railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, more fully called a starter signal or starting signal.