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jailor

  • a variation of jailer.
    jailer
    noun
    a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.

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Butt, the retired jailor, said prisoners were categorised into A, B or C at the jail.

From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023

Cowser has been a jailor for about four years, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023

Ryan Speedo Green’s powerful Rocco, the jailor, was matched by the clever Russell Harvard, whereas the equally powerful bass-baritone Shenyang’s nasty Don Pizzaro was vivaciously mimicked by the scene-stealing, silent-movie-esque and villainous Gabriel Silva.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2022

It's also a test of loyalty between two men with a long rivalry, one of whom was the other's jailor, writes Bridget Welsh.

From BBC ● May 16, 2018

The jailor himself consumed three-quarters of the ration that was given him for food.

From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster