jailer
/ˈdʒeɪlə
/(British also gaoler)
noun
A person in charge of a jail or of the prisoners in it.She was trapped in a prison and her jailer refused to release her....
- In The Abduction from the Seraglio, in The Magic Flute, the prisoners will be guarded by jailers whose vigilance must be outwitted.
- According to press reports, the two British detainees have been told by their military jailers to plead guilty and accept 20-year prison sentences or go to trial and face certain conviction and the real threat of execution.
Synonyms
prison officer, (prison) warder, (prison) wardress, (prison) warden, (prison) guard, keeper, incarcerator, captor, sentry
informal screw
Law detainer
archaic turnkey
Rhymes
- passphrase
- pass play
- passport
- passport control
- passported
- passportless
- passport letter
- passport photo
- passport photograph
- pass protection
- pass raid
- pass-remarkable
- pass rush
- pass rusher
- pass rushing
- pass-shooting
- pass someone by
- pass someone over
- pass someone/thing off as
- pass something off
- pass something over
- pass something up
- pass the baton
- pass the buck
- pass the hat (round)