postilion
Plural: postilions
Noun
- someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)
- A rider mounted on the near (left) leading horse who guides the team pulling a carriage.
- A post-boy, a messenger boy, a swift letter carrier.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French postillon, and its likely source, Italian postiglione (“guide for driver of post-coach”), from posta (“post”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
postilion: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpostilion: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
postilion: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
postilion is a valid Words With Friends word