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noun
A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
One who demonstrates a brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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History
From pyrotechnic + -ist, from pyro- + technic.
Across languages
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