noun
Other Word Forms
- underjailer noun
Etymology
Origin of jailer
1250–1300; Middle English gaioler, jaioler, jailer < Old French jaiolier. See jail, -er 2
Example Sentences
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There are more than 120 journalists detained in China, according to RSF, which calls the country "the world's biggest jailer of journalists".
From BBC
One woman, 33, said that in or around June, a jailer stopped in a dark stairwell as he was escorting her in handcuffs to a transport bus for a court appearance.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike her jailers, she doesn’t have to tie people down to talk them into doing what she wants.
From Los Angeles Times
As she weighed the credibility of inmates against jailers, Marx was informed by a painful episode in her family history.
From Los Angeles Times
Chief jailer George Webb checks a list of articles to be moved to temporary quarters on the city pier in Dec. 7, 1938.
From Los Angeles Times
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