postilion
Example Sentences
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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
Harleigh, bowing upon the hands which he ventured not to touch, but of which he felt the impression with a pang indescribable, called to the postilion to drive off full gallop.
From The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
"I repeat to you she will start alone—a postilion and two well-armed men behind the carriage will answer to me for her safety."
From The Barber of Paris by Charles Paul de Kock
