'Montgolfier' definitions:
Definition of 'Montgolfier'
(from WordNet)
noun
French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799) [syn: Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier]
noun
French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810) [syn: Montgolfier, Josef Michel Montgolfier]
Definition of 'Montgolfier'
From: GCIDE
- Montgolfier \Mont`gol"fier\, n. 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. [1913 Webster]