balloonist

Other forms: balloonists

Definitions of balloonist
  1. noun
    someone who flies a balloon
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    examples:
    Josef Michel Montgolfier
    French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)
    Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
    French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
    type of:
    skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
    a worker who has acquired special skills
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