Montgolfier
mont·gol·fier
noun
1.
French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
2.
French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)
Origin
After the French Montgolfier brothers, who first constructed and sent up a balloon of this kind in 1783.
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