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Synonyms for jailer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : jey-ler
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒeɪ lər



Définition of jailer

Origin :
  • also gaoler, late 14c., from Old North French gayolierre, Old French jaioleur, agent noun from jaole (see jail (n.)).
  • noun prison warden
Example sentences :
  • What had become of the jailer and the guards, Theseus never knew.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • And then the brown hand of her jailer closed over her mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • The jailer pointed with his bunch of keys to a cell before him.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • His right hand continued to hang above the gun he had taken from the jailer.
  • Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
  • To know and to feel that they regard themselves as your prisoners, and you as their jailer?
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • "Here 's your breakfast," said the jailer, as he stopped the course of my revery.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • But all the same “jailer” was a funny name to give a man; unkind, unfriendly, nasty.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • That is so far fortunate, because the jailer is an old acquaintance of mine.
  • Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • It was opened on the instant, and the Jailer, followed by two others, entered.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • The jailer was an old tenant of his, and readily came into his plans.
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

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