| 单词 | postilion |
| 释义 | postilion (once / 4668 pages) n WORD FAMILY postilion: postilions USAGE EXAMPLESA stranger is surprised at the number of dashing equipages, with postilions and servants in liveries, furnished by this foreign city. Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), From Egypt to Japan(2012) "Drive on, sir," said Miss Dinah to the postilion, "and pull up at the stone cross." Lever, Charles James, Barrington—Volume II (of II)(2012) We entered it, and the postilions urged their animals into a mad gallop. Gautier, Th?ophile, One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other...(2012) 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) Syn|Hyper postillion equestrian, horseback rider, horseman a man skilled in equitation |
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