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BALLOONIST

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Dictionary entry overview: What does balloonist mean?

• BALLOONIST (noun)
The noun BALLOONIST has 1 sense:

1. someone who flies a balloon

Familiarity information: BALLOONIST used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BALLOONIST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who flies a balloon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("balloonist" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Instance hyponyms:

Josef Michel Montgolfier; Montgolfier (French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810))

Jacques Etienne Montgolfier; Montgolfier (French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799))

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