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pale rider

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
pale rid-er
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

the pale rider (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

white rider red rider black rider

Synonyms

rider Azrael death the Grim Reaper reaper the angel of death the Shinigami psychopomp

Questions

What does pale rider mean?
Death, the Grim Reaper or angel of death; and one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Where does pale rider come from?
A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a pale horse is Death.

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