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单词 jailer
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jailer

(dʒeɪləʳ)
Word forms: plural jailersregional note: in BRIT, also use gaoler
countable noun
A jailer is a person who is in charge of a jail and the prisoners in it.
[old-fashioned]
Synonyms: guard, keeper, warden [US, Canadian], screw [slang] More Synonyms of jailer

jailer in British English

or jailor or gaoler (ˈdʒeɪlə)
noun
a person in charge of prisoners in a jail

jailer in American English

(ˈdʒeɪlər) or ˈjailor (ˈdʒeɪlər)
noun
a person in charge of a jail or of prisoners

Examples of 'jailer' in a sentence
jailer

The jailer locked them in the innermost prison.
Christianity Today (2000)
You don't want to be his jailer but he needs to respect your feelings.
The Sun (2011)
Maddened by captivity, he became aware that his only escape lay in imitating his human jailers.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's hardly a surprise those locked up should take advantage of a mistake by their jailers.
The Sun (2015)
(noun) 
Definition
a person in charge of a jail
The chief said someone slugged the jailer and opened the cell.
Synonyms
guard
The prisoners overpowered their guards and locked them in a cell.
keeper
warden (US, Canadian)
The prisoners seized three wardens.
screw (slang)
captor
They did not know what their captors had planned for them.
warder
The inmates of the jail have taken a prison warder hostage.
turnkey (archaic)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of captor
Definition
a person who captures a person or animal
They did not know what their captors had planned for them.
Synonyms
jailer or gaoler,
guard,
capturer,
keeper,
confiner,
detainer,
imprisoner,
custodian,
incarcerator
in the sense of keeper
Synonyms
guard,
governor,
warden (US, Canadian),
warder,
custodian,
jailer or gaoler
in the sense of warden
The prisoners seized three wardens.
Synonyms
jailer,
prison officer,
guard,
screw (slang),
keeper,
captor,
turnkey (archaic),
gaoler

Nearby words of
jailer

  • jagged
  • jail
  • jailbird
  • jailer
  • jam
  • jam-packed
  • jamboree

Synonyms of 'jailer'

jailer

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of warder
Definition
a prison officer
The inmates of the jail have taken a prison warder hostage.
Synonyms
jailer,
guard,
screw (slang),
warden,
prison officer,
keeper,
captor,
custodian,
turnkey (archaic),
gaoler
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