"pale rider" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-pale rider.ogg Forms: the pale rider [canonical]
Etymology: A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a pale horse is Death. Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the pale rider}} the pale rider
  1. (idiomatic) Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Death, Personifications Synonyms (personification of death): rider, Azrael, death, Death, the Grim Reaper, reaper, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp Coordinate_terms: white rider (english: Pestilence/Conquest), red rider (english: War), black rider (english: Famine)
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