English-Thai Dictionary
postilion
N ผู้ขับขี่ หลัง ม้า ตัว ที่อยู่ ข้าง ซ้าย postillion
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POSTILION
Pos *til "ion, n. Etym: [F. postillon, It. postiglione, fr. posta post. See Post a postman. ]
Defn: 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. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
postilion
pos til ion |pəˈstilyən, pō -pəˈstɪljən |(also postillion ) ▶noun a person who rides the leading left-hand horse of a team or pair drawing a coach or carriage, esp. when there is no coachman. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘forerunner acting as guide to the post-horse rider ’): from French postillon, from Italian postiglione ‘post boy, ’ from posta (see post 2 ).
Oxford Dictionary
postilion
postilion |pɒˈstɪlɪən |(also postillion ) ▶noun a person who rides the leading nearside (left-hand side ) horse of a team or pair drawing a coach or carriage, especially when there is no coachman. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘forerunner acting as guide to the post-horse rider ’): from French postillon, from Italian postiglione ‘post-boy ’, from posta (see post 2 ).
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