Associations to the word «Postilion»

Wiktionary

POSTILION, noun. A rider mounted on the near (left) leading horse who guides the team pulling a carriage.
POSTILION, noun. (obsolete) A post-boy, a messenger boy, a swift letter carrier.

Dictionary definition

POSTILION, noun. Someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman).

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus