jailer
/ˈdʒeɪlə
/(British also gaoler)
noun
A person in charge of a jail or of the prisoners in it.She was trapped in a prison and her jailer refused to release her....
- In The Abduction from the Seraglio, in The Magic Flute, the prisoners will be guarded by jailers whose vigilance must be outwitted.
- 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.
Synonyms
prison officer, (prison) warder, (prison) wardress, (prison) warden, (prison) guard, keeper, incarcerator, captor, sentry
informal screw
Law detainer
archaic turnkey
