pyrotechnist

[ pahy-ruh-tek-nist ]

noun

1. a person skilled in pyrotechnics, pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pyrotechnist¹

First recorded in 1785–95; pyrotechn(ics) + -ist

Example Sentences

The formidable pyrotechnist did not appear, and so the young people enjoyed the day in each other's company.

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It seems so strange that he should take it into his head to be a Pyrotechnist.

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I therefore had them specially made for me by a pyrotechnist in London.

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It is difficult at the present day to understand the fame that he once 125 had as “a pyrotechnist in pigments.”

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Let the fireworks begin, said the King; and the Royal Pyrotechnist made a low bow, and marched down to the end of the garden.

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