underjailer

jail·er

[jey-ler]
noun
1.
a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.
2.
a person who forcibly confines another.
Also, jail·or.


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

un·der·jail·er, noun
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jailer, jailor or gaoler (ˈdʒeɪlə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a person in charge of prisoners in a jail
 
jailor, jailor or gaoler
 
n
 
gaoler, jailor or gaoler
 
n

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Jailer definition


(of Philippi), Acts 16:23. The conversion of the Roman jailer, a man belonging to a class "insensible as a rule and hardened by habit, and also disposed to despise the Jews, who were the bearers of the message of the gospel," is one of those cases which illustrate its universality and power.

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