postillion

See also: Postillion

English

Noun

postillion (plural postillions)

  1. Alternative spelling of postilion
    • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XXIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 295:
      So saying, he ordered the postillion to the horses' heads, there to await his return.
    • 1842, Nikolai Gogol, translated by D. J. Hogarth, Dead Souls‎:
      Barouches with gleaming lamps, a couple of gendarmes posted before the doors, a babel of postillions’ cries—nothing...
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