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  • n  someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)

  • The postilion who was riding the horse sprawled upon the road.
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  • Sasho Petrovski in The Age
    I think they're probably buzzing because they think the job is done, but I think it's a dangerous postilion they're in,Petrovski said. "They might be a bit relaxed because they've got a two-goal buffer on us. But how many times have you...

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