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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Examples for "postillion "
Examples for "postillion "
1 Early on the morrow, the postillion addressed the people from the market-place.
2 The postillion went off, and we followed him in half an hour.
3 Upon which he bid the postillion alight, and look into the ditch.
4 To the postillion Evan was indebted for one of his first lessons.
5 Hastily making my adieus, the postillion cracked his whip, and we started.
1 The rider called to the postilion to see what the matter was.
2 A postilion in the north, however, is the true representative of Phlegma.
3 The postilion sounded his horn again, the strangers were entering the stage.
4 The postilion laughed with delight, at the thought of the louis d'or.
5 The postilion whipped up the horses, and they started at full gallop.
6 Ten francs to the postilion who can saddle him in two minutes.
7 But the horses were already harnessed and mounted, postilion - wise , by the troopers.
8 Our postilion grumbled, and pointed to the panting sides of our horses.
9 At Sevres your postilion told mine that he had brought you here.
10 On his way back an old-fashioned carriage with a postilion passed him.
11 As he was riding back to his hôtel his postilion was shot.
12 If I find one, he will do very well for a postilion .
13 The postilion called on all the saints, and threw himself into the water.
14 A clever postilion diversified the route to Viterbo, another forty-three miles.
15 The sound of wheels was now heard, and the postilion entered.
16 The postilion stopped at this village to give the horses a little drink.
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