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Meaning of "postilion" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POSTILION

From French postillon, from Italian postiglione, from postapost³.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTILION

postilion  [pɒˈstɪljən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTILION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postilion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POSTILION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

postilion

Postilion

A postilion rider was the driver of a horse-drawn coach or post chaise, mounted on one of the drawing horses. By contrast, a coachman would be mounted on the vehicle along with the passengers. Postilion riders normally rode the left horse of a pair because horses usually were trained only to be mounted from the left. With a double team, either there would be two postilions, one for each pair, or one postilion would ride on the left rear horse in order to control all four horses. This style of travel was known as "posting." The postilions and their horses would be hired from a "postmaster" at a "post house." The carriage would travel from one post house to the next, where the postilions and/or horses could be replaced if necessary. Posting was once common both in England and in continental Europe. In England, posting declined once railways became an alternative method of transport, but it remained popular in France and other countries. The gun detachments of the The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery are each driven by a team of three post riders.

Definition of postilion in the English dictionary

The definition of postilion in the dictionary is a person who rides the near horse of the leaders in order to guide a team of horses drawing a coach.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTILION


alien
ˈeɪljən
billion
ˈbɪljən
Brazilian
brəˈzɪljən
Castilian
kæˈstɪljən
centillion
sɛnˈtɪljən
civilian
sɪˈvɪljən
cotillion
kəˈtɪljən
cotillon
kəˈtɪljən
million
ˈmɪljən
octillion
ɒkˈtɪljən
pavilion
pəˈvɪljən
postillion
pɒˈstɪljən
Quintilian
kwɪnˈtɪljən
quintillion
kwɪnˈtɪljən
septillion
sɛpˈtɪljən
sextillion
sɛksˈtɪljən
trillion
ˈtrɪljən
vermilion
vəˈmɪljən
vermillion
vəˈmɪljən
vigintillion
ˌvaɪdʒɪnˈtɪljən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTILION

postical
postiche
posticous
postie
postil
postillate
postillation
postillator
postilled
postiller
postilling
postillion
postimperial
postimpressionism
postimpressionist
postimpressionistic
postinaugural
postindustrial
postinfection
posting

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTILION

antlion
battalion
bullion
dandelion
ganglion
gazillion
hallion
hellion
Heraklion
jillion
lion
medallion
mountain lion
parts per million
rebellion
sea lion
stallion
the Great Rebellion
triskelion
zillion

Synonyms and antonyms of postilion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postilion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTILION

Find out the translation of postilion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of postilion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «postilion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

车夫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

postillón
570 millions of speakers

English

postilion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

postilion
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بوستيليون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

форейтор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

postilion
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

postilion
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

postillon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Postilion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Postillon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

postilion
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

postilion
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Postingan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người cởi con ngựa bên trái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

postilion
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोस्टिलियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

postilyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

postilion
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Postilion
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

форейтор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

surugiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Postilion
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

postiljon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

postilion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Postilion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of postilion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTILION»

The term «postilion» is normally little used and occupies the 124.251 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTILION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «postilion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «postilion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about postilion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTILION»

Discover the use of postilion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postilion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Selected Poems
Song. for. "Buvez. les. Vins. du. Postilion". —. Advt. In the Rue Monsieur le Prince That Stephen once walked in hunger and toothache We drank the wines of the postilion. 0 I had a broken tooth myself, I had broken my glasses as well, And you , ...
Jean Garrigue, 1992
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Plunkett's Companion to the Almanac of American Employers ...
The firm's solutions are designed for financial organizations including banks, credit unions, insurance companies, transaction processors, payment card associations and retailers. S1 operates in two segments: Enterprise and Postilion .
Jack W. Plunkett, 2009
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The Sporting magazine
The renown of a King spreads from Pole to Pole — so does that of a Postilion. . A King's power is not confined to land, hut stretches over the main — so does the power of a Postilion. A King appoints orrejects may'rs — so does a Postilion.
‎1815
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Hyperion
It is a postilion ! It is a leathery postilion 1 Sa! Sa! Postilion ! It is a postilion ! What brings the postilion? What brings the postilion ? What brings the leathery postilion ? Sa ! Sa ! Postilion ! What brings the postilion? He bringeth us a Fox !
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1866
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The Works of Henry W. Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. What comes there from the hill? What comes there from the hill? What comes there from the leathery hill? Sa! Sa! Leathery hill! What comes there from the hill? It is a postilion! It is a postilion ! It is a leathery ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1854
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Hyperion, illustr. from drawings by B. Foster
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. What comes there from the hill ? What comes there from the hill? What comes there from the leathery hill ? Sa! Sa! ^. ,- Leathery hill ! P&r~ What comes there from the hill ? .== It is a postilion ! It is a postilion !
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1853
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Hyperion, a romance. Kavanagh, a tale
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is a postilion ! It is a postilion ! It is a leathery postilion ! Sa! Sa! Postilion ! It is a postilion ! What brings the postilion ? What brings the postilion ? What brings the leathery postilion ? Sa! Sa! Postilion ! What brings ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1861
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The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
What comes there from the hill ? What comes there from the hill ? What comes there from the leathery hill ? Sa! Sa! Leathery hill ! What comes there from the hill ? It is a postilion ! It is a postilion ! It is a leathery postilion ! Sa! Sa! Postilion !
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1851
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The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
What comes there from the hill ? What comes there from the hill? What comes there from the leathery hill ? Sa! Sa! Leathery hill ! What comes there from the hill t It is a postilion ! It is a postilion ! It is a leathery postilion ! Sa! Sa! Postilion !
Henry Wadsworth [prose] Longfellow, 1861
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Plunkett's E-Commerce & Internet Business Almanac 2008: ...
GROWTH PLANS/SPECIAL FEATURES: BRANDS/DIVISIONS/AFFILIATES: Postilion S1 Enterprise FSB Solutions VAS Consultoria Empresarial CONTACTS: Note: Officers with more than one job title may be intentionally listed here more than ...
Jack W. Plunkett, Plunkett Research Ltd, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POSTILION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term postilion is used in the context of the following news items.
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DUI Checkpoint Scheduled For July 4, 1776
'Tis hereby declared that any horseman, coachman, or postilion thought to be impaired will be subjected to a sobriety field test including, but ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Lake Zurich baseball pins playoff hopes on pitching
"People underestimate us," said Bears senior reliever D.J. Postilion, who has 20 strikeouts in just 14 innings. "We're playing with a ton of ... «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
3
Google Adds “Buy Button” To Take On Growing App Penetration
... including the United States and Japan. Thus, with these movies Google is trying to strengthen its postilion in the mobile search business. «Dazeinfo, May 15»
4
SA online shopping space is set to take off
Van Biljon, who is also chief technology officer, co-founded Mosaic Software (which built the Postilion payment system, widely used in ATM ... «Rand Daily Mail, May 15»
5
Civil servant's letter reveals Royal Family's VE Day joy
... two by two and a postilion riding one of the front ones and more scarlet coats on the box and sitting behind also. And in the carriage the four ... «BBC News, May 15»
6
When will US get real about real-time payments?
It must be noted that ACI Worldwide offers Postilion Realtime as a central switch for all transactions initiated by all payment instruments. «Banking Exchange, May 15»
7
Postseason Roundup: Coconino baseball pulls off upset in first round
After a while, the NPA started finding gaps and hitting line drives to take advantage of having runners in scoring postilion. "To be really honest, ... «Arizona Daily Sun, May 15»
8
Likud reaches first coalition deal with United Torah Judaism
... compromise by agreeing to a Likud MK being named to the postilion and both Bayit Yehudi and Shas taking deputy ministerial positions. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Apr 15»
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Lake Zurich's Sam Zoibi returns from broken arm
"He's one of our leaders and when he was hurt we thought we lost him," Postilion said. "He never stopped leading when he was in the dugout.". «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
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Sunday Times Rich List: Who are the UK's richest musicians?
Queen's Brian May, who lives in Windlesham, has jumped up one postilion with his £110m fortune. Another great guitarist, Jimmy Page, is joint ... «Get Surrey, Apr 15»

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