pale rider
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. The Lamb of GodLamb is visible at the top.
Meaning
Noun
- Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Related
Similar words
- rider, Azrael, death/Death, the Grim Reaper/reaper, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp
Origin
- A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a pale horse is Death.
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