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单词 jaileress
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jaileressgaoleressn.

Brit. /dʒeɪləˈrɛs/, /ˈdʒeɪlərᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdʒeɪlərəs/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s Jailoress.
Etymology: < jailer n. + -ess suffix1.
A female jailer.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > jailer > female
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1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xii. 64 My saucy gaoleress assured me, That all my oppositions would not signify that pinch of snuff.
1796 F. Jacson Plain Sense (ed. 2) III. 67 He would find such a jailoress as he desired.
1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous I. x. 285 Knocked about by the Turnkeys, or abused by the Gaoleress.
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