Look up: Postilion


  1. Postilion
    A postilion (or postillion, occasionally Anglicised to "post-boy") rider was the driver of a horse-drawn coach or post chaise, mounted on one of the drawing horses. By contrast, a coachman would be mounted on the vehicle along with the passengers. Postilion riders normally rode the left (or "near")...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postilion

  2. postilion
    [n] - someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=postilion

  3. Postilion
    Pos·til'ion noun [ French postillon , Italian postiglione , from posta post. See Post a postman.] One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pai...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/134

  4. postilion
    postillion noun someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=postilion

  5. Postilion
    • (n.) One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair only is used.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/postilion/

  6. postilion
    one who guides a horse-driven coach by riding on the left-hand lead horse.
    Found op http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html

  7. Postilion
    Jockey.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Australian_and_New_Zealand_punting

  8. postilion
    1) Equestrian 2) Horseback rider 3) Horseman 4) Postillion
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/postilion/1

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