FOUR HORSEMEN

Meaning of FOUR HORSEMEN in English

Function: noun plural

Etymology: from the apocalyptic vision in Rev 6:2-8

Date: 1918

: war, famine, pestilence, and death personified as the four major plagues of humankind

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FOUR HORSEMEN — noun plural Etymology: from the apocalyptic vision in Revelation 6:2-8 Date: 1918 war, famine, pestilence, and death personified as the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FOUR HORSEMEN — noun plural 1. usually capitalized F&H : war, famine, pestilence, and death personified as the four major plagues of mankind …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR HORSEMEN — [Four Horsemen] n pl [fr. the apocalyptic vision in Rev 6:2-8] (1918): war, famine, pestilence, and death personified as the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOUR HORSEMEN — name given by the sportswriter Grantland Rice to the backfield of the University of Notre Dame's undefeated football team of …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOUR HORSEMEN — [Judaic] In the New Testament, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are the allegorical figures of the sixth chapter of …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
FOUR HORSEMEN — Name given by the sportswriter Grantland Rice to the backfield of the University of Notre Dame 's undefeated football team …
Английский словарь Британика
FOUR HORSEMEN — Etymology: from the apocalyptic vision in Revelation 6:2-8 Date: 1918 : war, famine, pestilence, and death personified as the four …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOUR HORSEMEN — Name given by the sportswriter Grantland Rice to the backfield of the University of Notre Dame 's undefeated football team …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOUR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths …
Английский словарь Британика
FOUR — I. ˈfō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) adjective Etymology: Middle English four, foure, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORSEMEN — (pl. ) of Horseman
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
HORSEMEN — ( pl. ) of Horseman
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — /fawr, fohr/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, three plus one. 2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — noun Etymology: Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HORSEMEN — pl of horseman.
Webster English vocab
FOUR — adj one more than three; twice two. 2. four ·noun a symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv. 3. …
Webster English vocab
FOUR — [four] n [ME, fr. four adj., fr. OE feower; akin to OHG fior four, L quattuor, Gk tessares, tettares] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOUR — four BrE AmE fɔː AmE fɔːr foʊr (= fore) ▷ fours fɔːz AmE fɔːrz foʊrz ▶ ˈ four flush BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOUR — / fɔː(r); NAmE / 1. number 4 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — four /fɔː $ fɔːr/ BrE AmE number , noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: feower ] 1 . the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOUR — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Oxford English vocab
FOUR — ( fours) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number 4. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FOUR — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOUR
Cambridge English vocab
FOUR — n. having four letters Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths four colour …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Slang English vocab
HORSEMEN — n. pl. Cavalry, horse.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Словарь английских идиом
FOUR — See Four factors of change
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
FOUR — 1. числ. колич. четыре 2. сущ. 1) четверка the four of hearts ≈ четверка червей 2) мн. четвертый номер 3) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HORSEMEN — Всадник
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FOUR — 1. fɔ: n 1. 1> четвёрка ( цифра ; тж. figure of four) 2> карт. четвёрка four of spades - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOUR — 1. fɔ: n 1. 1> четвёрка ( цифра ; тж. figure of four) 2> карт. четвёрка four of spades - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HORSEMEN — мн. от horseman
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FOUR — 1. числ. колич. четыре 2. сущ. 1) четверка the four of hearts — четверка червей 2) мн. четвертый номер 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HORSEMEN — мн. от horseman
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FOUR — 1. числ. колич. четыре 2. сущ. 1) четверка the four of hearts ≈ четверка червей 2) мн. четвертый номер 3) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE — four riders on white, red, black, and pale horses symbolizing pestilence, war, famine, and death, respectively. Rev. 6:2-8. Also called …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HORSEY — also horsy adjective (horsier; -est) Date: 1591 of, relating to, or resembling a horse, having to do with horses or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAVALRY — noun (plural -ries) Etymology: Italian cavalleria ~, chivalry, from cavaliere Date: 1546 1. an army component mounted on horseback, an …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CAROUSEL — also carrousel noun Etymology: French carrousel, from Italian carosello Date: 1650 a tournament or exhibition in which horsemen execute evolutions, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VALENTINO, RUDOLPH — orig. Rodolfo Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla born May 6, 1895, Castellaneta, Italy died Aug. 23, 1926, New York, N.Y., U.S. …
Английский словарь Британика
TANGO — Spirited Spanish flamenco dance; also a South American ballroom dance. It evolved into a ballroom dance in Buenos Aires, Arg., …
Английский словарь Британика
JOUSTING — Medieval Western European mock battle between two horsemen who charged at each other with leveled lances in an attempt to …
Английский словарь Британика
TOURNAMENT — also called tourney series of military exercises, probably of medieval French origin and confined to western Europe, in which knights …
Britannica English vocabulary
JOUST — western European mock battle between two horsemen charging each other with levelled lances, each attempting to unhorse the other. Early …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOX HUNTING — chase of the fox by horsemen with a pack of hounds. In England, the home of the sport, fox hunting …
Britannica English vocabulary
STEPPE, THE — Extent of the Eurasian steppes. belt of grassland that extends some 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) from Hungary in the west …
Britannica English vocabulary
MBAY — also called Caduveo, or Guaycur, South American Indians of the Argentine, Paraguayan, and Brazilian Chaco, speakers of a Guaycuruan language. …
Britannica English vocabulary
CUYP, AELBERT JACOBSZ(OON) — Cuyp also spelled Cuijp (baptized Oct. 20, 1620, Dordrecht, Neth.d. November 1691, Dordrecht), Dutch painter of the Baroque period who …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JOKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES black joke ▪ a very black joke dirty jokes ▪ kids telling dirty jokes …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HORSEMAN — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Caledor called for brave young horsemen to bear his messages and ride the troubled land. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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