0 an expert in working with fireworks (= small containers filled with explosive chemicals that produce bright coloured patterns or loud noises when they explode), for example for public displays or on a film set:
His great grandfather was the pyrotechnician for the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Pyrotechnican Eric Tucker is planning an extravaganza that will use 18 tons of fireworks.
The New Statesman has called him “the pyrotechnician of history", whose wit and malicious insight are directed as much against the left as the right.
The accomplished cook is conceived of as no mere producer of tasty food, but as a highly skilled craftsman and pyrotechnician with the authority to produce symbolic interpretations of political history.
