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Meaning of 'montgolfier' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Montgolfier [ 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.

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