postillion

See also: Postillion

English

Noun

postillion (plural postillions)

Alternative spelling of postilion
- 1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Duty and Inclination, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, page 295:
  So saying, he ordered the postillion to the horses' heads, there to await his return.
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References

1842, Nikolai Gogol, D. J. Hogarth, transl., Dead Souls‎:
Barouches with gleaming lamps, a couple of gendarmes posted before the doors, a babel of postillions’ cries—nothing...

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