postilion
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He helped stabilize a postilion of need as a platoon designated hitter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
It weighs four tonnes and is pulled at walking pace by eight grey horses, with a mounted rider or postilion for each pair.
From BBC ● May 4, 2023
The postilion who was riding the horse sprawled upon the road.
From Time Magazine Archive
I could not stop within four miles of Paris, however, and I contented myself with running to get a second view of it in the rain while the postilion breathed his horses.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
At that moment she caught sight of a chaise driven by a postilion in an orange jacket.
From Rich Relatives by Compton MacKenzie
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