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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See postilion.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of postilion.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • 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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