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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 lower story contains the offices and apartments of the jailor.

From Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by B. M. Norman