MONTGOLFIER

Montgolfier, Josef Michel Montgolfier

(noun) French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)

Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier

(noun) French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

After the French Montgolfier brothers, who first constructed and sent up a balloon of this kind in 1783.

Noun

Montgolfier (plural Montgolfiers)

(dated) A hot-air balloon.

Source: Wiktionary

Mont`gol"fier, n.

Definition: A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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