Jailer

//ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

    "Sometimes some of the ejected ministers preached to them privately, and now and then the jailer allowed Mr. H. to go out in the night to preach to them, and administer the Lord's Supper."

  2. 2
    someone who guards prisoners wordnet

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guardprison guardscrewscrewturnkeyturnkey

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"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gayoler, gayler, jayler, from Old French jaiolier, gaiolier, from jaiole. By surface analysis, jail + -er.

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