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postilion

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pos·til·ion also pos·til·lion  (p-stlyn, p-)
n.
One who rides the near horse of the leaders to guide the horses drawing a coach.
[French postillon, from Italian postiglione, from posta, mail, from Old Italian, mail station; see post3.]
postilion or postillion
Noun
(esp. formerly) a person who rides one of a pair of horses drawing a coach [French postillon]
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Noun1.postilionpostilion - someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)
postillion
equestrian, horseback rider, horseman - a man skilled in equitation
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D'Artagnan stopped the postilion who rode the pack-horse, at the corner of the Rue des Lombards, under a penthouse, and calling one of Planchet's boys, he desired him not only to take care of the two horses, but to watch the postilion; after which he entered the shop of the grocer, who had just finished supper, and who, in his little private room, was, with a degree of anxiety, consulting the calendar, on which, every evening, he scratched out the day that was past.
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No doubt the order had been given the postilion beforehand, for Aramis had no occasion even to make a sign.
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The postilion started, the carriage wheels rattled.
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