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Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Horsemen of the Apocalypse is the ellipsis of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Meaning of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Proper noun

the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

  1. Four beings in Revelation 6:1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each embodied as a horseman riding a different-colored horse that represents a different aspect of the Apocalypse.
    • At the opening of the New Testament Book of Revelations, the end of the world is heralded by the four horsemen of the apocalypse, symbolising sickness, hunger, war and death.2024, Boris Kagarlitsky, The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left, page 115
  2. (idiomatic) Harbingers of doom; several signs which combine to imply the imminence of literal or figurative destruction.
    • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,... Here and now those dread specters are: Divorce, Illness, Unemployment and Overspending. These are now the harbingers of economic doom […]2008, Shayna M. Steinfeld, Bruce R. Steinfeld, The family lawyer's guide to bankruptcy: forms, tips, and strategies, page iii

Questions about Horsemen of the Apocalypse

What is Horsemen of the Apocalypse the ellipsis of?
Horsemen of the Apocalypse is the ellipsis of Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Words near Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the dictionary

  1. horsemaster
  2. horsemasters
  3. horsemeat
  4. horsemeats
  5. horsemen
  6. Horsemen of the Apocalypse
  7. horsemilk
  8. horsemint
  9. horsemints
  10. horsemonger
  11. horsemongers

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