pale rider
Apocalyptic equestrian figure
Pale rider refers to death personified, from the biblical Book of Revelation where Death rides a pale horse.
The phrase evokes an ominous, spectral figure bringing doom: He saw the disease as a pale rider sweeping through the village.
Clint Eastwood's 1985 western *Pale Rider* reinforced the image of a mysterious, avenging stranger.
- Grim ReaperSkeletal embodiment of mortality
- angel of deathSpirit that takes lives
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- man with no nameUnidentified male person
- spaghetti westernItalian-made frontier film
Clint Eastwood · ghostly · apocalypse · end times · Revelation · horseman · phantom · ethereal · wraith · Death · messenger · otherworldly · shade · ominous · specter · forewarning · foreboding · prophecy
pale riderlife-giver
Source of existence
healer · savior · resurrection · guardian angel · life force
pale riderwhite knight
Benevolent takeover bidder
guardian angel · savior figure · deliverer · redeemer · light bringer
pale, paler, palest, palely, paleness, pallid, pallor, rider, ride