Pale Horse

American  

noun

1. a representation of Death, as in literature or the Bible.

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Etymology

Origin of Pale Horse

First recorded in 1640–50; after the Biblical pale horse on which Death rides (Revelation 6:8)

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Pale Horse

Conservative social media personality Ella Maulding is seen talking on the phone outside of the offices of Pale Horse Strategies in Fort Worth on Oct.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2023

Pale Horse, Pale Rider gives the bones of this experience to its protagonist, Miranda Gay.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2020

Best of all, we will see Tushingham next month in Sarah Phelps’ adaptation of The Pale Horse, Agatha Christie’s 1961 novel.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2020

One book, called "Behold a Pale Horse," written in 1991 by William Cooper, says that the limousine driver, a secret service agent, shot Kennedy.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 26, 2017

To have discerned the Pale Horse so near and for so long a space awakens new moods, and strangely alters the old perspectives of our life.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 6: Harriet Martineau by John Morley