Meaning of pyrotechnist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.
   dated
2. One who demonstrates a brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.
   figuratively

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Examples

“That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a pyrotechnist for the service of the navy, […]”

“"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"”

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