Meanings
plural pyrotechnists
- datedA 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 - figurativelyOne 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
Origin
From pyrotechnic + -ist, from pyro- + technic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French artificier
- artificierperson skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
German Pyrotechniker
- Pyrotechnikerperson skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
Italian pirotecnico, artificiere
- pirotecnicoperson skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
- artificiereperson skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
Portuguese pirotécnico, pirotécnica
- pirotécnicoperson skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
- pirotécnicaperson skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
Romanian pirotehnician, pirotehniciană
- pirotehnicianperson skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
- pirotehnicianăperson skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
Russian пироте́хник
- пироте́хник (pirotéxnik)person skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
Spanish pirotécnico
- pirotécnicoperson skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
Ukrainian піротехнік
- піротехнік (pirotexnik)person skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks
Cite this entry
pyrotechnist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrotechnist
“pyrotechnist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrotechnist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pyrotechnist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrotechnist.
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