What is "postillions"

Usage examples of "postillions".

I got out of the carriage, and after thanking the kindly old landlord, who was sorry to lose so good a boarder, I made her get in, sat down beside her, and ordered the postillions to go to Toulon, as I wished to see that fine port before returning to Italy.

While we were at dinner I ordered up one of the beaten postillions, and heard his story.

I kept two of the country-folk to serve as postillions, and I sent the others away well paid for the interruption of their sleep.

As it came near the diligence, my friend Baletti called out to the postillions to stop.

Le Duc rode back and told me that the postillions had taken flight, possibly to give notice of our mishap to highwaymen, who are very common in the States of the Church and Naples.

He told us triumphantly that he had beaten the rascally postillions, and had warded their stones off.

In the foreground several postillions and ostlers with relays of horses are waiting by the roadside, gazing northward and listening for sounds.

We took a public coach, Tregellis, clapped the postillions into the rumble, and jumped on to their places.

The postillions were flying canary-yellow ribands from their caps, those being the colours under which Wilson was to fight.

The big barouche came lumbering over the sward in our direction until Sir Lothian Hume caught sight of us, when he shouted to his postillions to pull up.