"pale rider" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a pale horse is Death.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Art",
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            "Human behaviour",
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        {
          "english": "Pestilence/Conquest",
          "word": "white rider"
        },
        {
          "english": "War",
          "word": "red rider"
        },
        {
          "english": "Famine",
          "word": "black rider"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."
      ],
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        [
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          "Death"
        ],
        [
          "Grim Reaper",
          "Grim Reaper"
        ],
        [
          "angel of death",
          "angel of death"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "personification of death",
          "word": "rider"
        },
        {
          "sense": "personification of death",
          "word": "Azrael"
        },
        {
          "sense": "personification of death",
          "word": "death"
        },
        {
          "sense": "personification of death",
          "word": "Death"
        },
        {
          "sense": "personification of death",
          "word": "the Grim Reaper"
        },
        {
          "sense": "personification of death",
          "word": "reaper"
        },
        {
          "sense": "personification of death",
          "word": "the angel of death"
        },
        {
          "sense": "personification of death",
          "word": "the Shinigami"
        },
        {
          "sense": "personification of death",
          "word": "psychopomp"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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  "word": "pale rider"
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      "english": "Pestilence/Conquest",
      "word": "white rider"
    },
    {
      "english": "War",
      "word": "red rider"
    },
    {
      "english": "Famine",
      "word": "black rider"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a pale horse is Death.",
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."
      ],
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        [
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          "Death"
        ],
        [
          "Grim Reaper",
          "Grim Reaper"
        ],
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          "angel of death",
          "angel of death"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "sense": "personification of death",
      "word": "rider"
    },
    {
      "sense": "personification of death",
      "word": "Azrael"
    },
    {
      "sense": "personification of death",
      "word": "death"
    },
    {
      "sense": "personification of death",
      "word": "Death"
    },
    {
      "sense": "personification of death",
      "word": "the Grim Reaper"
    },
    {
      "sense": "personification of death",
      "word": "reaper"
    },
    {
      "sense": "personification of death",
      "word": "the angel of death"
    },
    {
      "sense": "personification of death",
      "word": "the Shinigami"
    },
    {
      "sense": "personification of death",
      "word": "psychopomp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pale rider"
}