What does pillion mean?

Definitions for pillion
ˈpɪl yənpil·lion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pillionnoun

    a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.

GCIDE

  1. Pillionnoun

    A saddle or seat behind the driver's saddle on a motorcycle, used by passengers.

Wiktionary

  1. pillionnoun

    A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.

  2. pillionnoun

    A similar second saddle on a motorcycle for a passenger.

  3. pillionnoun

    The person riding in the pillion.

  4. Etymology: From pillean, from pellis.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pillionnoun

    Etymology: from pillow.

    The housse and pillion both were gone;
    Phyllis, it seems, was fled with John. Jonathan Swift.

    I thought that the manner had been Irish, as also the furniture of his horse, his shank pillion without stirrups. Edmund Spenser.

Wikipedia

  1. Pillion

    A pillion is a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a horse, motorcycle, bicycle or moped. A passenger in this seat is said to "ride pillion". The word is derived from the Scottish Gaelic for "little rug", pillean, from the Latin pellis, "animal skin". One or more pelts often were used as a secondary seat on horseback; the usage has carried over to motorcycles.

ChatGPT

  1. pillion

    A pillion refers to a secondary pad, seat or cushion attached behind the main seat on a motorcycle or bicycle for a passenger to sit. It can also refer to the act of riding as a passenger in this manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pillionnoun

    a panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride

  2. Etymology: [Ir. pillin, pilliun (akin to Gael. pillean, pillin), fr. Ir. & Gael. pill, peall, a skin or hide, prob. fr. L. pellis. See Pell, n., Fell skin.]

Wikidata

  1. Pillion

    A pillion is a mostly British English term for a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a horse, motorcycle, bicycle or moped. A passenger in this seat is said to "ride pillion" or may themselves be referred to as a "pillion." The word is derived from the Scottish Gaelic for a "little rug," pillean, which is itself from the Latin pellis for "animal skin." One or more pelts would often have been used as a secondary seat on horseback; the usage has carried over to motorcycles.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pillion

    pil′yun, n. a cushion for a woman behind a horseman: the cushion of a saddle. [Ir. pilliun, Gael. pillean, a pad, a pack-saddle—peall, a skin or mat, L. pellis, skin.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PILLION

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pillion is ranked #53538 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pillion surname appeared 386 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pillion.

    95.3% or 368 total occurrences were White.
    1.8% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.5% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pillion in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pillion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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Translations for pillion

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  • takasatula, matkustaja, en croupeFinnish
  • siège arrièreFrench
  • पीछे की सीटHindi
  • passagerarsadel, bönpallSwedish

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