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jailer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gayoler, gayler, jayler, from Old French jaiolier, gaiolier, from jaiole. By surface analysis, jail + -er.

Meanings

1. One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
   • Sometimes some of the ejected ministers preached to them privately, and now and then the jailer allowed Mr. H. to go out in the night to preach to them, and administer the Lord's Supper. 1775, Samuel Palmer, The Nonconformist's Memorial:
   • The jailer was also roused by the earthquake and came to the outer door; he was perhaps a soldier, or at least had something of Roman discipline, giving him presence of mind. 2001, Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, St. Paul: The Traveler and Roman Citizen, page 176:
   • But the next morning came, and my coffee was brought by her mother; the next, and the next, by the under jailers; and Angiola continued grievously ill. 1883, Silvio Pellico, chapter 32, in My Ten Years' Imprisonment:

Forms

Deriveds

underjailer

Relateds

jailering · jaileress · jailership

Synonyms

corrections officer · warder · guard · turnkey · warden · screw

Translations (80)

mi kaitiaki herehere (one who guards inmates) · de Kerkermeisterin (one who guards inmates) · de Justizvollzugsbeamter (one who guards inmates) · ja 看守 (one who guards inmates) · cs žalářník (one who guards inmates) · ja 獄吏 (one who guards inmates) · de Gefangenenwärter (one who guards inmates) · nl cipier (one who guards inmates) · pt carcereira (one who guards inmates) · de Kerkermeister (one who guards inmates) · es carcelero (one who guards inmates) · it guardiana (one who guards inmates) · it aguzzino (one who guards inmates) · rsk цемнїцар (one who guards inmates) · de Gefängniswärterin (one who guards inmates) · ro temnicer (one who guards inmates) · la custōs (one who guards inmates) · id sipir (one who guards inmates) · ru тюре́мный надзира́тель (one who guards inmates) · it secondino (one who guards inmates) · es guardacárcel (one who guards inmates) · id sipir penjara (one who guards inmates) · tr zindancı (one who guards inmates) · cmn 獄吏 /狱吏 (one who guards inmates) · sv kriminalvårdare (one who guards inmates) · sh тамничар (one who guards inmates) · es carcelera (one who guards inmates) · it guardia carceraria (one who guards inmates) · pt carcereiro (one who guards inmates) · cmn 獄卒 /狱卒 (one who guards inmates) · de Schließer (one who guards inmates) · bg тъмнича́р (one who guards inmates) · sk žalárnik (one who guards inmates) · enm gayoler (one who guards inmates) · de Justizvollzugsbeamtin (one who guards inmates) · ko 간수 (one who guards inmates) · de Gefängniswärter (one who guards inmates) · grc δεσμοφύλαξ (one who guards inmates) · pl strażniczka więzienna (one who guards inmates) · it secondina (one who guards inmates) · ko 교도관 (one who guards inmates) · pl strażnik więzienny (one who guards inmates) · de Wachtel (one who guards inmates) · mk темничар (one who guards inmates) · cy gwarcheidwad (one who guards inmates) · tr gardiyan (one who guards inmates) · ru тюре́мщик (one who guards inmates) · la carcerārius (one who guards inmates) · mic lapseloon noojodum (one who guards inmates) · fr geôlière (one who guards inmates) · ru тюре́мная надзира́тельница (one who guards inmates) · el δεσμοφύλακας (one who guards inmates) · ru тюре́мщица (one who guards inmates) · es guardiacárcel (one who guards inmates) · ro gardian (one who guards inmates) · ga séiléir (one who guards inmates) · it custode (one who guards inmates) · bg надзира́телка (one who guards inmates) · it guardiano (one who guards inmates) · it carceriera (one who guards inmates) · it sorvegliante (one who guards inmates) · it aguzzina (one who guards inmates) · ota زندانجی (one who guards inmates) · it carceriere (one who guards inmates) · de Gefangenenwärterin (one who guards inmates) · ca escarceller (one who guards inmates) · nl gevangenbewaarder (one who guards inmates) · cs věznitel (one who guards inmates) · de Gefängnisaufseherin (one who guards inmates) · cmn 獄警 /狱警 (one who guards inmates) · de Justizvollzugsbeamte (one who guards inmates) · fr geôlier (one who guards inmates) · ka ციხის ზედამხედველი (one who guards inmates) · bg надзира́тел (one who guards inmates) · de Gefängnisaufseher (one who guards inmates) · bg тъмнича́рка (one who guards inmates) · de Schließerin (one who guards inmates) · sv fångvaktare (one who guards inmates) · fr gâfe (one who guards inmates) · fi vanginvartija (one who guards inmates)