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red rider

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

  2. 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.
    • 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!

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