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Definition of jailer in English: jailer(British gaoler) noun ˈdʒeɪləˈdʒeɪlər A person in charge of a jail or of the prisoners in it. Example sentencesExamples - She was trapped in a prison and her jailer refused to release her.
- The county's police force is recruiting civilian jailers - or custody support staff - as part of a shake-up of its custody services.
- After a deeply traumatic childhood, where his father left him to rot in Newgate prison, Sweeney takes violent revenge against the gaoler who tormented him in prison.
- According to press reports, the two British detainees have been told by their military jailers to plead guilty and accept 20-year prison sentences or go to trial and face certain conviction and the real threat of execution.
- In The Abduction from the Seraglio, in The Magic Flute, the prisoners will be guarded by jailers whose vigilance must be outwitted.
Synonyms prison officer, (prison) warder, (prison) wardress, (prison) warden, (prison) guard, keeper, incarcerator, captor, sentry informal screw Law detainer archaic turnkey
Rhymes Adela, bailer, bailor, baler, Benguela, bewailer, derailleur, hailer, inhaler, loudhailer, mailer, nailer, railer, retailer, sailer, sailor, scaler, Scheele, shillelagh, tailor, Taylor, trailer, Venezuela, vuvuzela, wailer, whaler Definition of jailer in US English: jailer(British gaoler) (also jailor) nounˈjālərˈdʒeɪlər A person in charge of a jail or of the prisoners in it. Example sentencesExamples - According to press reports, the two British detainees have been told by their military jailers to plead guilty and accept 20-year prison sentences or go to trial and face certain conviction and the real threat of execution.
- She was trapped in a prison and her jailer refused to release her.
- The county's police force is recruiting civilian jailers - or custody support staff - as part of a shake-up of its custody services.
- After a deeply traumatic childhood, where his father left him to rot in Newgate prison, Sweeney takes violent revenge against the gaoler who tormented him in prison.
- In The Abduction from the Seraglio, in The Magic Flute, the prisoners will be guarded by jailers whose vigilance must be outwitted.
Synonyms prison officer, warder, prison warder, wardress, prison wardress, warden, prison warden, guard, prison guard, keeper, incarcerator, captor, sentry
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