Definition of four horsemen of the apocalypse in English English dictionary
Harbingers of doom; several signs which combine to imply the imminence of literal or figurative destruction
has identified four types of communication, which he calls the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, that are signs of a marriage having problems.
Four beings in Revelation 6: 1–8 that bring about the Apocalypse, each riding a different-colored horse representing a different aspect of the Apocalypse
In the Book of Revelation, four horsemen that personify pestilence, war, famine, and death, sent as harbingers of the end of the world. Also called Four Horsemen. in the Bible, four men who ride horses and represent the four things that cause people the greatest pain and suffering, namely war, famine (=lack of food) , death, and pestilence (=serious disease)