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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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