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
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"Un postilion Italien, qui voyait mourir son cheval, priait pour lui, et s'�criait: O, Sant' Antonio, abbiate piet� dell' anima sua!"—Madame de Sta�l.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
No; that would never have done, but it would have been a big relief for the postilion, or whoever it was that had to carry Miss Clarissa's effusions to their destination.
From Of All Things by Benchley, Robert C.