postilion's Usage Examples:

A postilion or postillion is a person who guides a horse-drawn coach or post chaise while mounted on the horse or one of a pair of horses.

horses usually controlled by a coachman occasionally accompanied by a postilion but always accompanied by footmen ready to handle unruly horses.

The word postillion may occur in its alternative spelling postilion.

A postilion rode on the near-side (left, nearest the roadside) horse of a pair or.

that Sir William Massingberd's daughter tried to elope with one of his postilion riders but her father shot the man dead.

raised open coachman's upholstered bench-seat, but a landau could be postilion-driven, and there was usually a separate groom's seat, sprung above and.

Archaeological Survey (VAS) Changes to the legislation did away with the postilion of "Protector" which had unfortunate connotations with the "Protector.

horses and/or riders known as postilions or "post-boys" who might help a coachman drive coaches could be hired.

A postilion might also travel on a coach.

A postilion landau it is drawn by six horses under the control of three postilions and has no provision for a coachman.

managing horses improved, he was sent to London to serve as a temporary postilion until his predecessor's recovery.

Empire, the upper classes would use a troika driven by a livery-clad postilion.

le postillon de Lonjumeau Come, friends, and listen to the story Of a postilion gay and young, Well known to all, his fame and glory Through ev'ry land.

sure of return of the same horses, with a postilion as passenger.

Unless a return hire was anticipated a postilion of a spent team was responsible for returning.

servant close to Jefferson for years, and also rode with his brothers as a postilion for the landau carriage.

Synonyms:

postillion; horseman; horseback rider; equestrian;