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red rider

red rider noun: war, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Noun

the red rider

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

Proper noun capitalized: Red Rider

the Red Rider

  1. Alternative letter-case form of red rider.
    • When she finally spoke, the word came out as a breathy whisper. “War?” ¶ “The Red Rider,” the woman agreed.2010, Jackie Morse Kessler, Hunger (fiction), Boston; New York: Graphia, →ISBN, page 67
    • Came, as the prophet from his lonely shore / To man foretold, a thousand years before, / When the Red Rider—minister of wrath, / Rode on his desolating, destin'd path!1833, A. W. Fenton, “To the Spirit of Byron”, in Midnight in London, and Other Poems, Penrith, page 108

Forms of red rider

alternative formRed Rider

Origin of red rider

A reference to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, as the rider of a red horse is War.

Questions about red rider

What does red rider mean?
Red rider means war, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
What part of speech is red rider?
Red rider can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near red rider in the dictionary

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  6. red rider
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  10. red ring skirt
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