Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 9 letters

postilion

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

9 lettersPronunciation /pɒˈstɪlɪən/Part of speech nounSorted iilnoopstStarts with PEnds with N0 clues
1P2O3S4T5I6L7I8O9N

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

P________

Definitions

  1. someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)

Word origin

From Middle French postillon, and its likely source, Italian postiglione (“guide for driver of post-coach”), from posta (“post”).

Used in a sentence

  • The postilion seized one of his fat horses by the tail, and swung himself up to his seat again.
  • And now the carriage had fairly left the village; yet the postilions slackened their speed, and drew up gradually before a line of almshouses, […]
  • The rain drove into the bride and bridegroom's faces as they passed to the chariot. The postilions' favours draggled on their dripping jackets.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for postilion yet.

Related words