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# postilion

noun (postilions) (old use)

«postilion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A servant who rode on one of the horses pulling a coach, guiding the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postilion/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old coach stories, the rider who guides the horses of a carriage.

### Examples

- The postilion blew his horn as the coach rolled on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postilion/#x1)
- Your father was the postilion, said Ajola. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postilion/#x2)
- The robbers killed the coachman and the postilions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postilion/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «postilion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/postilion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«postilion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/postilion.html) on Mova free.