pillion

American  

[pil-yuhn] / ˈpɪl yən /

noun

1. a pad or cushion attached behind a saddle, especially as a seat for a woman.

2. a pad, cushion, saddle, or the like, used as a passenger seat on a bicycle, motor scooter, etc.

3. a passenger's saddle or seat behind the driver's seat on a motorcycle.

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pillion British  

/ ˈpɪljən /

noun

1. a seat or place behind the rider of a motorcycle, scooter, horse, etc

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adverb

1. on a pillion

   to ride pillion

Etymology

Origin of pillion

1495–1505; < Scots Gaelic pillinn or Irish pillín, diminutive of peall skin, rug blanket, MIr pell < Latin pellis skin

Example Sentences

The e‑bike, which was carrying a pillion passenger and described by Dorset Police as an "adapted electrically assisted pedal cycle or mountain bike", did not stop at the scene.

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Dorset Police previously said the rider and a pillion passenger left the scene, leaving the woman with injuries that were not serious.

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A woman, 25, who was pillion passenger on the motorcycle, was critically injured, the Met Police said.

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Motorbike pillion passenger Liam Scott, 21, suffered a fatal head injury.

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She had a bike when she left school and had been pillion on her husband John's bike for 10 years, travelling to places including Ireland and Wales, but she never got her own full licence.

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