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Someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)

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        Uso de postillion em inglês
        1
        Early on the morrow, the postillion addressed the people from the market-place.
        La Vendée
        2
        The postillion went off, and we followed him in half an hour.
        The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
        3
        Upon which he bid the postillion alight, and look into the ditch.
        Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1
        4
        To the postillion Evan was indebted for one of his first lessons.
        Evan Harrington — Complete
        5
        Hastily making my adieus, the postillion cracked his whip, and we started.
        Scenes in Switzerland
        6
        And the postillion, hardly mollified, added, 'The baccy's paid for,' and smoked.
        Evan Harrington — Complete
        7
        He made violent signs and shouted loudly, in order to stop the postillion.
        Marquise De Ganges / Celebrated Crimes
        8
        The postillion would have fought it: he would not have despised his fare.
        Evan Harrington — Complete
        9
        And courteously lifting his hat he called to the postillion to drive on.
        The Valley of Decision
        10
        But there can be no doubt that you wanted to kill the postillion.
        The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
        11
        Just as the postillion had got on horseback a servant came running up.
        The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
        12
        The postillion wished him good speed, and Evan shook his hand.
        Evan Harrington — Complete
        13
        But it was necessary to be certain of her having a trusty postillion.
        Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4
        14
        Just before a postillion, in a splendid livery, had been brought to Napoleon.
        Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 13
        15
        To it were harnessed four useful horses, with a postillion to each pair.
        The Lair of the White Worm
        16
        A postillion accompanies each convoy, and is responsible for its security.
        Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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