different between postilion vs postboy
postilion
English
Alternative forms
- postillion
Etymology
From Middle French postillon, and its likely source, Italian postiglione (“guide for driver of post-coach”), from posta (“post”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??st?l??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??st?lj?n/, /po??st?lj?n/
Noun
postilion (plural postilions)
- A rider mounted on the near (left) leading horse who guides the team pulling a carriage.
- 1768, Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, "Montreuil":
- C’est un garcon de bonne fortune, said the landlord, pointing through the window to half a dozen wenches who had got round about La Fleur, and were most kindly taking their leave of him, as the postilion was leading out the horses.
- 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion, Book II, Chapter 7:
- The postilion seized one of his fat horses by the tail, and swung himself up to his seat again.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 22:
- The rain drove into the bride and bridegroom's faces as they passed to the chariot. The postilions' favours draggled on their dripping jackets.
- 1911, Hilaire Belloc. The Girondin, Chapter 6:
- To play the postilion is not an easy thing. It is a trade by itself—half a gunner's and half a groom's. It has to do with horses—that is bad enough ; but also it involves some knowledge of the road.
- 1768, Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, "Montreuil":
- (obsolete) A post-boy, a messenger boy, a swift letter carrier.
Derived terms
- postilion sentence
Translations
Further reading
- postilion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian
Etymology
From French postillon.
Noun
postilion m (plural postilioni)
- postilion
Declension
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postboy
English
Etymology
post +? boy
Noun
postboy (plural postboys)
- (historical) A male postilion.
- A boy who carries letters from the post.
Anagrams
- pot boys, potboys
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