† ballooniern.
Obsolete. rare.
A maker of balloons (balloon n. 1b).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of other specific finished articles
anchorsmith1296
paliser1315
sheather1379
buckler-maker1415
barrow-maker1468
chess-maker1481
belt maker1483
leg-makera1500
reel-makera1500
card maker1511
lattice-maker1550
pale cleaver1578
bead-maker1580
boss-maker1580
balloonier1598
bilbo-smith1632
block-makera1687
pen-makera1703
pipe-maker1766
platemaker1772
stickman1786
safe maker?1789
matchmaker1833
chipmaker1836
labelmaker1844
bandagist1859
hurdler1874
moon cutter1883
tie-maker1901
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Gonfiatoio, a squirt of brasse that Balloniers vse to blowe their ballones full of winde.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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