postilion

[ poh-stil-yuhn, po- ]

/ poʊˈstɪl yən, pɒ- /

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noun

a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.

Also especially British, pos·til·lion .

Origin of postilion

1580–90; earlier postillon<Middle French <Italian postiglione, derivative of postapost³

Words nearby postilion

posticous, postictal, posticum, postie, postil, postilion, Post-Impressionism, postindustrial, postindustrial economy, postindustrial society, posting

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Example sentences from the Web for postilion

The postilion handed the lanterns up to the conductor, and he lighted them with some matches that he carried in his pocket.
Rollo in Geneva|Jacob Abbott
The road was good, but the postilion had hitched an extra trace-horse to the four-span.
The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories|Ivn Turgnieff
There was not a man of any kind with them except the postilion.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880.|Various
The rat-trap contained two large rats; one of these she turned into a coachman, and the other into a postilion.
Cinderella|Anonymous

He paid the postilion who had brought them from Lancaster, and stood quiet until the carriage had driven off.
A Jacobite Exile|G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for postilion

postilion

postillion

/ (pɒˈstɪljən) /

noun

a person who rides the near horse of the leaders in order to guide a team of horses drawing a coach

Word Origin for postilion

C16: from French postillon, from Italian postiglione, from posta post ³

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单词	postilion
释义	postilion [ poh-stil-yuhn, po- ] / poʊˈstɪl yən, pɒ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR postilion ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage. Also especially British, pos·til·lion . Origin of postilion 1580–90; earlier postillon<Middle French <Italian postiglione, derivative of postapost³ OTHER WORDS FROM postilion pos·til·ioned, adjective Words nearby postilion posticous, postictal, posticum, postie, postil, postilion, Post-Impressionism, postindustrial, postindustrial economy, postindustrial society, posting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for postilion The postilion handed the lanterns up to the conductor, and he lighted them with some matches that he carried in his pocket. Rollo in Geneva\|Jacob Abbott The road was good, but the postilion had hitched an extra trace-horse to the four-span. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories\|Ivn Turgnieff There was not a man of any kind with them except the postilion. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880.\|Various The rat-trap contained two large rats; one of these she turned into a coachman, and the other into a postilion. Cinderella\|Anonymous He paid the postilion who had brought them from Lancaster, and stood quiet until the carriage had driven off. A Jacobite Exile\|G. A. Henty British Dictionary definitions for postilion postilion postillion / (pɒˈstɪljən) / noun a person who rides the near horse of the leaders in order to guide a team of horses drawing a coach Word Origin for postilion C16: from French postillon, from Italian postiglione, from posta post ³ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to postilion jockey, equestrian, cowboy, gaucho, broncobuster, pricker, roughrider, cavalryman, dragoon, buckaroo, equerry, horse guard
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postilion

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for postilion

postillion

noun

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