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

She had been traced as far as Romsey, by means of a postilion; but there, too, she had left her lodgings by stealth, in the very middle of the night.

From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

"Un postilion Italien, qui voyait mourir son cheval, priait pour lui, et s'�criait: O, Sant' Antonio, abbiate piet� dell' anima sua!"—Madame de Sta�l.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.