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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Mont·gol·fier /mɑntˈgɑlfiɚ/
 熱空氣氣毬

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mont·gol·fier 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Montgolfier
      n 1: French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel
           Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)
           [syn: Jacques Etienne Montgolfier]
      2: French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne
         Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)
         [syn: Josef Michel Montgolfier]