pyrotechnist
Noun
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Noun
pyrotechnist (plural pyrotechnists)
- (dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.
- 1862, The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America
- That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a pyrotechnist for the service of the navy, […]
- 1862, The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America
- (figurative) One who demonstrates a brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.
- 2006, Michel Weber, Nicholas Rescher, Whitehead's Pancreativism
- "It is thus the pyrotechnist (should we say demiurge?) who gives meaning to the so to speak explosive effervescences that are weaving the world of the spectator"
- 2006, Michel Weber, Nicholas Rescher, Whitehead's Pancreativism
- French: artificier
- Italian: pirotecnico, artificiere
- Portuguese: pirotécnico, pirotécnica
- Russian: пироте́хник
- Spanish: pirotécnico
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