Postillon
n.
1590s, from Middle French postillon (1530s), from Italian postiglione “forerunner, guide,” especially for one carrying mail on horseback, from posta “mail” (see post (n.3)) + compound suffix from Latin -ilio.
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[poh-stil-yuh n, po-] /poʊˈstɪl yən, pɒ-/ noun 1. a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage. /pɒˈstɪljən/ noun 1. a person who rides the near horse of the leaders in order to guide a team of horses drawing a coach
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/ˈpəʊstɪ/ noun 1. (Scot & Austral, NZ, informal) a postman
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[pohst-puh-zish-uh n, pohst-puh-zish-uh n] /ˌpoʊst pəˈzɪʃ ən, ˈpoʊst pəˌzɪʃ ən/ noun 1. the act of placing after. 2. the state of being so placed. 3. Grammar. /ˌpəʊstpəˈzɪʃən/ noun 1. placement of a modifier or other speech element after the word that it modifies or to which it is syntactically related 2. a word or speech […]
- Postprandial
[pohst-pran-dee-uh l] /poʊstˈpræn di əl/ adjective 1. after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy. /pəʊstˈprændɪəl/ adjective 1. of or relating to the period immediately after lunch or dinner: a postprandial nap adj. also post-prandial, 1820, from post- “after” + Latin prandium “luncheon” (usually bread, fish, or cold meat, taken around noon), […]