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pyrotechnists

pyrotechnists is the plural of pyrotechnist.

Meaning of pyrotechnist

Noun

pyrotechnist (plural pyrotechnists)

  1. (dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.
    • That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a pyrotechnist for the service of the navy, […]1862, The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America
  2. (figuratively) One who demonstrates a brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.
    • "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"2006, Michel Weber, Nicholas Rescher, Whitehead's Pancreativism

Questions about pyrotechnists

What is pyrotechnists the plural of?
Pyrotechnists is the plural of pyrotechnist.

Words near pyrotechnists in the dictionary

  1. pyrotechnically
  2. pyrotechnician
  3. pyrotechnicians
  4. pyrotechnics
  5. pyrotechnist
  6. pyrotechnists
  7. pyrotechnologic
  8. pyrotechnological
  9. pyrotechnology
  10. pyrotechny
  11. pyrotect

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