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Definition of pillion noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pillion

noun
 
/ˈpɪliən/
 
/ˈpɪliən/
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  1. a seat for a passenger behind the driver of a motorcycle
    • a pillion passenger/seat
    • I made the whole journey on the pillion.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + pillion
    • ride
    pillion + noun
    • seat
    • passenger
    • rider
    • …
    preposition
    • on the pillion
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    Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a light saddle): from Scottish Gaelic pillean, Irish pillín ‘small cushion’, diminutive of pell, from Latin pellis ‘skin’.
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