postilion

postilion
postilioned, adj.
/poh stil"yeuhn, po-/, n.
a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
Also, esp. Brit., postillion.
[1580-90; earlier postillon < MF < It postiglione, deriv. of posta POST3]

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