Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
postilion .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
postilion .
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- noun someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)
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Examples
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Apr. 377/1 At the back, the jacket is laid in postillion-plaits.
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Apr. 377/1 At the back, the jacket is laid in postillion-plaits.
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The postillion is a soldier or other government employé, and must be armed to repel robbers.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865
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The men folks were all away at work, and our postillion was a strapping girl of eighteen, who rode behind Braisted.
Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Bayard Taylor 1851
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Our postillion was a fine handsome fellow, so rosy and robust that it made one feel stronger and healthier to sit beside him.
Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Bayard Taylor 1851
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It was not quite dark when we reached Kuckula, the last station, but thence to Haparanda our horses were old and lazy, and our postillion was a little boy, whose weak voice had no effect.
Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Bayard Taylor 1851
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“The postillion is a liar, I told him nothing of the kind.”
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"The postillion is a liar, I told him nothing of the kind."
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 11: Paris and Holland Giacomo Casanova 1761
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"The postillion is a liar, I told him nothing of the kind."
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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Apr. 593/2 Mr. Atkinson left Moscow early in March, accompanied by a post-office postillion, who had orders to escort him to the Siberian frontier.
chained_bear commented on the word postillion
See post-chaise for a usage note.
February 29, 2008