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- noun Plural form of
pyrotechnist .
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Examples
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The banquet was succeeded by a grand reception, with its singular but invariable accompaniment of a gaming-table, [10] and the whole was concluded by a grand illumination and display of fireworks, in which the pyrotechnists had exhausted their allegorical ingenuity.
The Life of Marie Antoinette Yonge, Charles Duke, 1812-1891 1876
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Walsh opened a correspondence with the authorities; went to London; and finally induced the Government, not only to make a free grant of the fireworks, but to send down a staff of skilled pyrotechnists to superintend the display at the fête.
Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Eliezer Edwards 1853
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The world rang, at the beginning of the operations, with the skill and inventive talent of Targone, Giustiniani, and other Italian engineers, artificers, and pyrotechnists, and there were great expectations conceived of the effects to be produced by their audacious and original devices.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The world rang, at the beginning of the operations, with the skill and inventive talent of Targone, Giustiniani, and other Italian engineers, artificers, and pyrotechnists, and there were great expectations conceived of the effects to be produced by their audacious and original devices.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1603-04 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The world rang, at the beginning of the operations, with the skill and inventive talent of Targone, Giustiniani, and other Italian engineers, artificers, and pyrotechnists, and there were great expectations conceived of the effects to be produced by their audacious and original devices.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The world rang, at the beginning of the operations, with the skill and inventive talent of Targone, Giustiniani, and other Italian engineers, artificers, and pyrotechnists, and there were great expectations conceived of the effects to be produced by their audacious and original devices.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1600-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The whole skill of the pyrotechnists of his department was employed to produce a display of fireworks which might vie with any that had been seen in the gardens of Versailles or on the great tank at the Hague.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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Each three-week session by the Army's Joint Readiness Training Center involves more than 2,000 support workers, including writers, pyrotechnists and hundreds of stand-ins for villagers.
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To make sure everyone has a good view, pyrotechnists tend to send duplicates into the sky at the same time.
Livescience.com 2009
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I've hung out with carnies, fortunetellers, rodeo promoters, concert performers, gourmet chefs, politicians, bureaucrats, clowns, pyrotechnists and grandchildren in search of fun and interesting things to experience and write about.
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