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Noun: Montgolfier  mónt'gól-fee-u(r)
  1. French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)
    - Josef Michel Montgolfier
     
  2. French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
    - Jacques Etienne Montgolfier

Type of: balloonist

Encyclopedia: Montgolfier, Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne