English-Dutch translations for grim reaper

• engel des doods
• Magere Hein
  Dit Parlement reageert heftig op allerlei verschijnselen in de hele wereld, maar wij vestigen te weinig aandacht op het werk dat magere Hein op de Europese wegen verricht. This Chamber reacts with sensitivity to all the events taking place around the world, but we do not give sufficient attention to the Grim Reaper at work on the roads of Europe.
• Pietje de Dood

Definition of grim reaper

• A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife

Synonyms

• Death
• pale rider
• rider
• angel of death
• Shinigami
• psychopomp

Related words

• paint a grim picture
• Great Grimsby
• grimoire