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POSTILION (through the Fr. from the Ital. postiglione)

POSTILION (through the Fr. from the Ital. postiglione) , a postboy, rider of a See also:

POST

post-See also:

HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, hence any See also:

swift messenger, but more particularly the rider of the near horse of a vehicle See also:

DRAWN

drawn by two or more horses where there is no See also:

DRIVER, SAMUEL ROLLES (1846– )

driver . The swift travelling postchaises of the 18th and See also:

early 19th, centuries were usually driven by postilions .

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