jailer

or jail·or

[ jey-ler ]

/ ˈdʒeɪ lər /

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noun

a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.

a person who forcibly confines another.

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Origin of jailer

1250–1300; Middle English gaioler, jaioler, jailer<Old French jaiolier.See jail, -er²

OTHER WORDS FROM jailer

un·der·jail·er, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for jailer

But Mombi was still my grandfather's jailor, and afterward my father's jailor.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz|L. Frank Baum
One prison is like another, I suppose; but I shall miss my jailor!
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay
Arriving at the jail the kind jailor was shocked to see me in the officer's charge, and said, "You are not a prisoner?"
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love|Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton
All these injunctions are fully obeyed by the jailor—indeed the present one is more severe than any of the others.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various

He afterwards wrote several letters and shaved himself, and at three oclock he ate a hearty dinner with the jailor.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2|Camden Pelham

British Dictionary definitions for jailer

jailer

jailor or gaoler

/ (ˈdʒeɪlə) /

noun

a person in charge of prisoners in a jail

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jailor or gaoler

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jailer

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jailor or gaoler

noun