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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. 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. Source: webster
  3. 3. A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by afire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen andJoseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up afire balloon. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799) n French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810) Source: ecdict

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