balloonern.
/bəˈluːnə/, U.S. /bəˈlunər/ 1. A person who makes balloon ascents or travels in a balloon; a balloonist.
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society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > balloonist
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1783 Morning Herald 15 Dec. 2/3 The sagacious King of Spain..will out-balloon all former ballooners.
1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia i. 3 Such are the Scenes which, Ballooners all allow, constitute the true Sublime and Beautiful.
1855 Times 6 Aug. 12/4 At one of the early battles of the first French revolution..a ballooner was of great service to the French.
1882 W. M. Williams Sci. in Short Chapters xxvi. 219 Not a mere sensational ballooner.
1956 Nevada State Jrnl. 26 Feb. 41 (cartoon) Golly, a ballooner!
2004 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Jan. 36 Ballooners will enjoy a magical journey as they brush the clouds, sweeping past mountains, over vineyards and across winding rivers and waterfalls.
2. Nautical. A balloon sail.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > spinnaker or balloon sail
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1863 Times 10 Aug. 10/3 The Psyche was passed by the Intrepid when getting her ballooner in after passing Calshot.
1884 Field 24 May 722 Tara put up her ballooner.
1920 Sandusky (Ohio) Star Jrnl. 20 July 2/4 She was slipping along smoothly and fast under main sails, club top-sail and big ballooner.
2003 North Shore Times (Australia) (Nexis) 29 Jan. The 10 footers carried all the sails that the 18s carried including ringtails, ballooners, and..even topsails.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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