pale rider
English
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. The Lamb is visible at the top.
Etymology
A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a pale horse is Death.
Noun
- (idiomatic) Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Synonyms
- (personification of death): rider, Azrael, death/Death, the Grim Reaper/reaper, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp
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Translations
one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
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