Definition of Postillions

1. Noun. (alternative plural of postillion postilions) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postillions

1. postillion [n] - See also: postillion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postillions

postideological
postie
posties
postil
postilion
postilions
postilla
postillation
postillations
postillator
postillators
postilled
postiller
postillers
postillion
postillions (current term)
postils
postimpact
postimperial
postimplantation
postimpressionism
postimpressionist
postimpressionists
postin
postinaugural
postindependence
postindustrial
postindustrialization
postindustrially
postinfection

Literary usage of Postillions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt: With Reminiscences of Friends and by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"Story of the Ants.—Skepticism generated in postillions by traveling.—Bologna.—Modena.— Contrasted character of their inhabitants.—Parma.—Piacenza. ..."

2. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"... and our own wretched condition in bad roads, puny horses, ragged harness, and incompetent postillions, all betokening his holiness' dominion. ..."

3. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"... and our own wretched condition in bad roads, puny horses, ragged harness, and incompetent postillions, all betokening his holiness' dominion. ..."

4. Buenos Ayres and Argentine Gleanings: With Extracts from a Diary of Salado by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1865)
"... postillions—Don Louis Sausse, the Impresario—Experiences in a Diligencia from Tucuman to Cordova— Very unlike Tom Pinch's Stage-coaching from Salisbury ..."

5. Peasant Life in Germany by Anna Cummings Johnson (1858)
"THE BLACK FOREST—postillions—FARM-HOUSES FOOD WOMEN AND COWS WINDMILLS A GERMAN YANKEE PORCELAIN STOVES A MOTHER, BUT NOT MARRIED BRAIDING STRAW CLOCKS THE ..."

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