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pyrotechnician

American  
[pahy-roh-tek-nish-uhn] / ˌpaɪ roʊ tɛkˈnɪʃ ən /

noun

  1. a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.

  2. a fireworks technician or expert; pyrotechnist.

  3. a performer capable of dazzling virtuosity.

    a pyrotechnician of the keyboard.


Etymology

Origin of pyrotechnician

First recorded in 1720–30; pyro(technics) + technician


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Goll said Halls disregarded safety protocols for weapons and pyrotechnics and tried to continue filming after the supervising pyrotechnician, who was diabetic, lost consciousness on set.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2021

Goll, a prop maker and licensed pyrotechnician, said in her email that Halls' behavior on set has concerned her in the past.

From Fox News ● Oct. 24, 2021

Is this dangerous work, to be a pyrotechnician?

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2018

Among those shooting off these fireworks will be Tim Jameson, a Maryland pyrotechnician who didn’t realize the Shanghai businessman played a role in shipping all of the fireworks he used to light up the sky.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2018

“If he hadn’t got sick—” “It would look like a revolution,” added the pyrotechnician negligently, as he lighted a cigarette in the lamp chimney.

From The Reign of Greed by Charles E. Derbyshire

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