Definition of Postillion. Meaning of Postillion. Synonyms of Postillion

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Definition of Postillion

postillion
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.]

Meaning of Postillion from wikipedia

- A postilion or postillion is a person who rides a harnessed horse that is pulling a horse-drawn vehicle such as a coach, rather than driving from behind...
- "My postillion has been struck by lightning", "our postillion has been struck by lightning", and other variations on the same pattern, are often given...
- name HMS Postillion, after the Postilion, the driver of a horse-drawn coach or post chaise, mounted on one of the drawing horses: HMS Postillion (1702)...
- the fjord. Islands and rocks include Gremlin Island, Pyrox Island and Postillion Rock. Neny Island is just north of the fjord's mouth. This coast was first...
- languages. It became an Internet meme. My hovercraft is full of eels My postillion has been struck by lightning Finegan, Edward (2004). Language: its structure...
- Hvide Ørn 20 guns, captured by Sweden 1715 Højenhald 30 guns Raae 30 guns Postillion 26 guns Leopard 24 guns Søridder 28 guns Løvendals Gallej 20 guns Kongens...
- HMS Postillion was a reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper during the Second World War. She was ordered for the United States Navy as...
- Danish-Norwegian Navy on 7 July 1711 and went on to serve on the frigate Postillion. While on Postillion, he befriended Norwegian admiral baron Waldemar Løvendal, who...
- author. Starting with a first volume A Postillion Struck by Lightning (an allusion to the phrase My postillion has been struck by lightning), he wrote...
- Should be Spoken.'" Engrish, broken English common among Asian learners My postillion has been struck by lightning, a strange phrase often attributed to interlingual...