| 单词 | postillion |
| 释义 | postillion (once / 7133 pages) n WORD FAMILY postillion: postillions USAGE EXAMPLES“WANTED, about Michaelmas, as Coachman, in a gentleman’s family, who can drive four horses, and ride postillion well. Various, The Doctor in History, Literature,...(2012) When the horses were put in I embraced Baletti, his little girl, and his pretty housekeeper, and ordered the postillion to drive to Mannheim. Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de, The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de...(2012) The postillion cracked his whip and the sentry called out, "Who goes there?" Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de, The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de...(2012) n someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) Syn|Hyper postilion equestrian, horseback rider, horseman a man skilled in equitation |
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