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
Another convincing proof that he rode as a postilion is, that his boots are spurred.
From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by John Thomas Smith
"Drive on, sir," said Miss Dinah to the postilion, "and pull up at the stone cross."
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
