"pyrotechnist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pyrotechnists [plural]
Etymology: From pyrotechnic + -ist, from pyro- + technic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pyrotechnic|ist}} pyrotechnic + -ist, {{prefix|en|pyro|technic}} pyro- + technic Head templates: {{en-noun}} pyrotechnist (plural pyrotechnists)
  1. (dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays. Tags: dated Translations (person skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks): artificier [masculine] (French), Pyrotechniker [masculine] (German), pirotecnico [masculine] (Italian), artificiere [masculine] (Italian), فشنكجی (fişenkçi) (Ottoman Turkish), pirotécnico [masculine] (Portuguese), pirotécnica [feminine] (Portuguese), pirotehnician [masculine] (Romanian), pirotehniciană [feminine] (Romanian), пироте́хник (pirotéxnik) [masculine] (Russian), pirotécnico [masculine] (Spanish), мутахассиси оташбозӣ (mutaxassis-i otašbozi) (Tajik), тарфгар (tarfgar) (Tajik), піротехнік (pirotexnik) [masculine] (Ukrainian), filotavan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hifilotavan [masculine] (Volapük), jifilotavan [feminine] (Volapük)
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  2. (figurative) One who demonstrates a brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts. Tags: figuratively
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