postilion
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Drawn by four greys with postilions, the King and his Queen drove around the poorer quarters of London, through Battersea, Kennington and Lambeth, Limehouse and Whitechapel.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a glittering open coach with outriders and postilions, His Excellency and Viscountess Willingdon rode onto the course; and then, both lovers of horseflesh, strolled eagerly out to the paddock.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ahead of the postilions, a State Guard of Household Cavalry clop-clopped proudly.
From Time Magazine Archive
His coach had eight magnificently caparisoned horses with postilions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behind the cart, which stopped at the garden gate, came an empty open carriage, drawn by four horses, and mounted by two postilions in the livery of Pont Brillant; two footmen were seated behind.
From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne
