1. French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799); [syn: Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
n 1: French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel
Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799) [syn:
Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier]