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Definition of Turnkey
1. Noun. Someone who guards prisoners.
Generic synonyms: Keeper, Law Officer, Lawman, Peace Officer
Derivative terms: Gaol, Jail, Jail
Definition of Turnkey
1. n. A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
Definition of Turnkey
1. Adjective. ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture) ¹
2. Noun. (context: now archaic) A warder or jailer / gaoler; keeper of the keys in a prison. ¹
3. Verb. to supply a turnkey product; to supply something fully assembled and ready to use ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turnkey
1. a person who has charge of a prison's keys [n -KEYS]
Medical Definition of Turnkey
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1. A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnkey
Literary usage of Turnkey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1907)
"... and to regulate the management thereof,' in relation to jailer and turnkey,"
was read the third time. The President put the question whether the Senate ..."
2. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Common Law as Altered and by Charles Petersdorff (1844)
"KB 10 B. $• C. 224. pay the sixpences is to be considered the agent of the debtor,
and who receives ON the question, whether the turnkey to whom the ..."
3. Life and Letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751 to by Gilbert Elliot Minto (1874)
"The turnkey wanted very much to show me one poor innocent lad, ... I asked the
turnkey what his crime was, and he said a footpad robbery-- poor innocent lad ..."
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