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postillion

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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.]
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Noun1.postillionpostillion - someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)
postilion
equestrian, horseback rider, horseman - a man skilled in equitation


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He had given instructions to his bailiff to send the postillion carriage on to Southampton, to be ready for their journey home, and to arrange for relays of his own horses to be sent on at once.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
In their fear, silence fell upon them, and a postillion, in the guise of a demon, passed in front of them, blowing, in lieu of a bugle, a huge hollow horn that gave out a horrible hoarse note.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
On those occasions, when a servant had given me notice, my custom was to go immediately to the door, and, after paying my respects, to take up the coach and two horses very carefully in my hands (for, if there were six horses, the postillion always unharnessed four,) and place them on a table, where I had fixed a movable rim quite round, of five inches high, to prevent accidents.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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