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jail·er
also jail·or (jā′lər)n.
One whose responsibility is keeping a jail.
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jailer
(ˈdʒeɪlə) ,jailor
orgaoler
n
a person in charge of prisoners in a jail
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jail•er
or jail•or
(ˈdʒeɪ lər)n.
1. a person in charge of a jail.
2. a person who forcibly confines another.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French]
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Noun | 1. | jailer - someone who guards prisoners keeper - someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?" |
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jailer
gaolernoun guard, keeper, warden, screw (slang), captor, warder, turnkey (archaic) The chief said someone slugged the jailer and opened the cell.
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jailer
also jailornoun
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žalářník
fangevogter
fangavörîur
žalárnik
jailer
[ˈdʒeɪləʳ] N → carcelero/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
jailer
[ˈdʒeɪlər] n → geôlier/ière m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
jailer
n → Gefängniswärter(in) m(f), → Gefängnisaufseher(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
jail,
gaol
(dʒeil) noun (a) prison. You ought to be sent to jail for doing that.
verb to put in prison. He was jailed for two years.
ˈjailer, ˈjailor, ˈgaoler noun a person who has charge of a jail or of prisoners. The jailer was knocked unconscious in the riot.
ˈjailbird, ˈgaolbird noun a person who is or has often been in jail.
to put a criminal in jail or gaol (not goal).
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