pale rider

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pale rider

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A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a pale horse is Death.

noun the pale rider

idiomatic Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Similar: rider, Azrael, death, Death, the Grim Reaper, reaper, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp

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"pale rider." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pale%20rider. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pale rider. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pale%20rider

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"pale rider." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pale%20rider.

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@misc{pale_rider_2026,
  title = {pale rider},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pale%20rider},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}