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Definition of Prison guard
1. Noun. Someone who guards prisoners.
Generic synonyms: Keeper, Law Officer, Lawman, Peace Officer
Derivative terms: Gaol, Jail, Jail
Definition of Prison guard
1. Noun. (law enforcement) An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prison Guard
Literary usage of Prison guard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on Penal Jurisprudence, and the Reformation of Criminals: With by William Roscoe (1819)
"OF THE STATE prison guard. Previous to the year 1801 several escapes had taken
place from the prison ; in consequence of which the Legislature, ..."
2. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"[The prison guard cracks his whip—noiselessly—and at that signal all the convicts
start to work ... The prison guard points sternly at Jones with his whip ..."
3. The American Prison System by Jesse P. Webb (1920)
"To one incapacitated for manual labor, the business of prison guard is not out
of place, but for a well-developed, well-muscled, able-bodied young man, ..."
4. Laws of the Commonwealth for the Government of the Massachusetts State by Massachusetts State Prison (1830)
"The members of the prison guard will not absent themselves without being ...
When all the officers except the prison guard may leave the prison, ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"Ко liability exist« on the part of the •täte l'or Injurien caused to a prison
guard by a defective ladder which he was compelled to use by the officers In ..."
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