black rider

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English

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an 1887 painting by Victor Vasnetsov. The Lamb is visible at the top.

Etymology

A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a black horse is Famine.

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Noun

the black rider

  1. (idiomatic) Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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