noun
- a device that starts combustion or ignition
- a person who starts or initiates something
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The gas stove’s ignitor clicked several times before the flame appeared.
- Replace the ignitor if your furnace won’t start.
- The pilot light ignitor needs cleaning.
- She was the ignitor of the school reform movement.
- The faulty ignitor prevented the engine from starting.
- He served as the ignitor for the community fundraising campaign.