entrepreneur vs enterpriser

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Is there a difference in meaning between these two?
The way I take it they both mean "someone who starts a company".
 

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Is there a difference in meaning between these two?
The way I take it they both mean "someone who starts a company".
"Entrepreneur" is the correct word. "Enterpriser" is not a word or, if it is, I have never seen it.
 

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"Entrepreneur" is the correct word. "Enterpriser" is not a word or, if it is, I have never seen it.
It is, apparently, a word in the USA.
 

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"Entrepreneur" is the correct word. "Enterpriser" is not a word or, if it is, I have never seen it.

I looked it up in ''Merriam-Websters's Collegiate Dictionary" tenth edition.
 

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It is, apparently, a word in the USA.

I've never seen it used. Entrepreneur is common. When I hear "enterpriser," I think of someone from Star Trek.
 
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