Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To place (a person) on a pillion.

  2. (intransitive)To ride on a pillion.

  3. To put a pillion on a horse.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. On my ancestor's donkey, I ride pillion.

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Origin

From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”).

From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”).

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Forms

pillions, pillioning, pillioned, pillioned
Base formpillion · to pillion
3rd person singularpillions
Present participlepillioning
Past simplepillioned
Past participlepillioned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypillion
he, she, itpillions

Past simpleLesson

all personspillioned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pillioned
he, she, ithas pillioned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pillion

Synonyms

1 synonyms
ride pillion

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pillagepillarpillowB1pillowcaseB2pilotA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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