jailer
or jail·or
[jey-ler]
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Origin of jailer
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Examples from the Web for jailer
Contemporary Examples
“The jailer had a high-school-age daughter and was uncertain how to help her get in college,” writes Ferris.
It was akin to a jailer wielding a set of keys before locking you in your cell.
Does the low profile assumed by the former head of Yukos mean that he entered into a secret agreement with his jailer?
He declined to give his name and insisted his jailer was treating him like his mother would.
My jailer said I had to convert to Islam if I hoped to survive.
Historical Examples
What had become of the jailer and the guards, Theseus never knew.
Tanglewood TalesNathaniel Hawthorne
And then the brown hand of her jailer closed over her mouth.
The Monster MenEdgar Rice Burroughs
The jailer pointed with his bunch of keys to a cell before him.
Dr. SevierGeorge W. Cable
His right hand continued to hang above the gun he had taken from the jailer.
The CoyoteJames Roberts
To know and to feel that they regard themselves as your prisoners, and you as their jailer?
Sir Jasper CarewCharles James Lever
jailer
jailor or gaoler
- a person in charge of prisoners in a jail
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Word Origin and History for jailer
n.
also gaoler, late 14c., from Old North French gayolierre, Old French jaioleur, agent noun from jaole (see jail (n.)).
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