postilion
noun
a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
postilioned
-
a word derived from
postilion.
Example Sentences
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Imagine my feelings when I saw our calèche, a mere ghost of its former self, dragged by four artillery horses and postilioned by two heavy dragoons.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
