pillion
noun/ˈpɪliən/
/ˈpɪliən/
- a seat for a passenger behind the driver of a motorcycle
- a pillion passenger/seat
- I made the whole journey on the pillion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + pillion- ride
- seat
- passenger
- rider
- …
- on the pillion
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a light saddle): from Scottish Gaelic pillean, Irish pillín ‘small cushion’, diminutive of pell, from Latin pellis ‘skin’.Definitions on the go
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