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)

Example Sentences

And, earlier this year, Ella Maulding moved from Mississippi to Fort Worth to work as a social media coordinator for Pale Horse Strategies.

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

The four winds roared in my ears, and one lifted the hair on my scalp, as if the Rider on the Pale Horse had passed by.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway