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Definition of Jailer
1. Noun. Someone who guards prisoners.
Generic synonyms: Keeper, Law Officer, Lawman, Peace Officer
Derivative terms: Gaol, Jail, Jail
Definition of Jailer
1. n. The keeper of a jail or prison.
Definition of Jailer
1. Noun. One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jailer
1. a keeper of a jail [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jailer
Literary usage of Jailer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"Curious specimen of a jailer, an under- jailer, and an vnder-jailer's wife.—Mr.
Holme Sumner. ... They prepared me for a singular character in my jailer. ..."
2. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, and Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans (1845)
"By this I saw that the jailer was willing to have me come to my friends that ...
When he was gone, I spoke to the jailer, and asked him, why he carried it ..."
3. The Church of Christ by Thomas Wharton] [Phillips (1905)
"CHAPTER XXIV PAUL AT PHILIPPI The Conversion of the jailer. He Preached the Word
of the Lord. More than Faith Required. THIS brings us to the conversion of ..."
4. Acts Passed at the ... Session of the General Assembly for the Commonwealth by Kentucky (1874)
"Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: jailer to
appoint county, by and with the consent and approval ol the § 1. ..."
5. Studies for Personal Workers by Howard Agnew Johnston (1903)
"FIFTH DAY: Paul Winning Lydia and the jailer. ... Then the stricken conscience
of the jailer. Then that most urgent cry of every needy soul—"What must I do ..."
6. New England Sheriff: Or, Digest of the Duties of Civil Officers; Being a by Isaac Goodwin (1830)
"Any complaint made to the jailer by the debtor, of his poverty, is sufficient for
... In other cases, it would be most prudent for the jailer to obtain the ..."
7. Annotated Forms of Federal Procedure by Frank Olds Loveland, George Washington Rightmire (1920)
"Motion for Rule against jailer to Show Cause, etc. [Caption. ... Wherefore he
prays for a rule to issue to the said WC, jailer of county, to show cause why ..."
8. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt: With Reminiscences of Friends and by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"V IMPRISONMENT. , Author's imprisonment.—Curious specimen of a jailer, ...
They prepared me for a singular character in my jailer. ..."
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