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pos⋅til⋅ion

  [poh-stil-yuhn, po-]
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–noun
a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage.
Also, especially British, pos⋅til⋅lion.

Origin:
1580–90; earlier postillon < MF < It postiglione, deriv. of posta post 3

Related forms:
pos⋅til⋅ioned, adjective
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pos·til·ion also pos·til·lion   (pō-stĭl'yən, pŏ-)   
n.  One who rides the near horse of the leaders to guide the horses drawing a coach.

[French postillon, from Italian postiglione, from posta, mail, from Old Italian, mail station; see post3.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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