gaol
noun
jail.
gaoler
-
a word derived from
gaol.
Example Sentences
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But Stewart was “ordered to study Zimmerman for 120 hours, in Mr Keck’s library” – five days’ solitary confinement in Sydney gaol, supervised by the gaoler Henry Keck.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2019
Said Napoleon of Sir Hudson: "The man is a coward of long experience and a gaoler from taste."
From Time Magazine Archive
The gaoler, after examining them for evidence of witchcraft, clapped them into jail, where they lay five weeks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disembarking at Boston in 1656, Mary Fisher, "a religious maiden," and her companion Ann Austin, Quakers, were welcomed by hangman, by gaoler.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was not the rat-faced man; this gaoler was stouter, shorter, though he wore the same leather half cape and spiked steel cap.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
