Definition: igniter

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

igniter
     n 1: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn: ignitor,
           lighter]
     2: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires;
        "do you have a light?" [syn: lighter, light, ignitor]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Ignitor \Ig*nit"or\, n.
   One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a
   contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.
   [Written also igniter.]