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