"postillion" meaning in English

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          "text": "So saying, he ordered the postillion to the horses' heads, there to await his return.",
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          "ref": "1842, Nikolai Gogol, translated by D. J. Hogarth, Dead Souls:",
          "text": "Barouches with gleaming lamps, a couple of gendarmes posted before the doors, a babel of postillions’ cries—nothing...",
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