jailer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   someone who guards prisoners

   I've been a jailer for many years.

2. 2
   noun

   One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

   Sometimes some of the ejected ministers preached to them privately, and now and then the jailer allowed Mr. H. to go out in the night to preach to them, and administer the Lord's Supper.

Inherited from Middle English gayoler, gayler, jayler, from Old French jaiolier, gaiolier, from jaiole. By surface analysis, jail + -er.

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