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

"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 Kock, Charles Paul de

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 Willis, N. Parker