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pyrotechnist

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py⋅ro⋅tech⋅nist

[pahy-ruh-tek-nist]
–noun
a person skilled in pyrotechnics, esp. in the manufacture or use of fireworks.

Origin:
1785–95; pyrotechn(ics) + -ist
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py·ro·tech·nics   (pī'rə-těk'nĭks)   
n.   (used with a sing. verb)
  1. The art of manufacturing or setting off fireworks. Also called pyrotechny.

  2. A fireworks display.

  3. A brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.

py'ro·tech'nist n.
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