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JACQUES ETIENNE MONTGOLFIER
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• JACQUES ETIENNE MONTGOLFIER (noun)
The noun JACQUES ETIENNE MONTGOLFIER has 1 sense:
1. French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
Familiarity information: JACQUES ETIENNE MONTGOLFIER used as a noun is very rare.
• JACQUES ETIENNE MONTGOLFIER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jacques Etienne Montgolfier; Montgolfier
Instance hypernyms:
balloonist (someone who flies a balloon)
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