Postillion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Postillion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Postillion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
postillion 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) Synonym(s): postilion, postillion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Postilion \Pos*til"ion\, n. [F. postillon, It. postiglione, fr. 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 pair only is used. [Written also {postillion}.]