A person who operates or pilots a hot air balloon, or someone who travels in balloons.
From 'balloon' plus the agent suffix '-er,' creating a noun for a person who performs an action with balloons.
Early ballooners were daring adventurers and scientists—the Montgolfiers' servants were the first human hot air balloon pilots in 1783, risking their lives for science.
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