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JOSEF MICHEL MONTGOLFIER

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JOSEF MICHEL MONTGOLFIER (noun)
  The noun JOSEF MICHEL MONTGOLFIER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JOSEF MICHEL MONTGOLFIER used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


JOSEF MICHEL MONTGOLFIER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Josef Michel Montgolfier; Montgolfier

Instance hypernyms:

balloonist (someone who flies a balloon)


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