Headstart

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of head start. alt-of, alternative

    "Some of the outrage is no doubt deserved—I have no patience for bigots myself, […] As a presumed lifetime beneficiary of demographic headstarts, I’m often implicated by definition myself, a situation I can live with. But I rarely entertain an urge to either pile on or argue back."

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"Yanni already has a huge headstart in Berber."

Etymology

From head + start.

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