"white rider" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-white rider.ogg Forms: the white rider [canonical]
Etymology: A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a white horse is Conquest/Pestilence. Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the white rider}} the white rider
  1. (idiomatic) Conquest or Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Wikipedia link: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Victor Vasnetsov Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Personifications Coordinate_terms: red rider (english: War), black rider (english: Famine), pale rider (english: Death)
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