jailor

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noun

a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.

a person who forcibly confines another.

Also, jail·or.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English gaioler, jaioler, jailer < Old French jaiolier. See jail, -er²

Related forms

un·der·jail·er, noun

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jailer, jailor or gaoler (ˈdʒeɪlə)

—n
	a person in charge of prisoners in a jail

jailor, jailor or gaoler

—n

gaoler, jailor or gaoler

—n

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