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jailer

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Inherited fromMiddle Englishgayoler,gayler,jayler, fromOld Frenchjaiolier,gaiolier, fromjaiole. Bysurface analysis,jail +‎-er.

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jailer (pluraljailers)

  1. One whoenforcesconfinement in ajail orprison.
    • 1775, Samuel Palmer,The Nonconformist's Memorial[1]:
      Sometimes some of the ejected ministers preached to them privately, and now and then thejailer allowed Mr. H. to go out in the night to preach to them, and administer the Lord's Supper.
    • 1883, Silvio Pellico, chapter 32, inMy Ten Years' Imprisonment[2]:
      But the next morning came, and my coffee was brought by her mother; the next, and the next, by the underjailers; and Angiola continued grievously ill.
    • 2001, Sir William Mitchell Ramsay,St. Paul: The Traveler and Roman Citizen[3], page176:
      Thejailer 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.

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one who guards inmates

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jailer

  1. Alternative form ofgayoler
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