Meaning of JAILER
| Pronunciation: | | 'jeylur
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| | Definition: | | [n] someone who guards prisoners |
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| | Synonyms: | | gaoler, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey |
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| | See Also: | | keeper, law officer, lawman, peace officer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Jail"er\, n. [OE. jailer, gailer, OF. geolier, F.
ge[^o]lier. See {Jail}.]
The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also {jailor},
{gaoler}.]
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a jailer in your dream, forewarns of low morality, treachery, and/or loss. |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | (of Philippi), Acts 16:23. The conversion of the Roman jailer, a man belonging to a class "insensible as a rule and hardened by habit, and also disposed to despise the Jews, who were the bearers of the message of the gospel," is one of those cases which illustrate its universality and power. |
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| | Related Terms: | | advance guard, armed guard, bank guard, bull, coast guard, commandant, cordon, cordon sanitaire, custodian, gaoler, garrison, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, governor, guard, guarder, guardian, guardsman, inlying picket, keeper, outguard, outpost, penologist, picket, principal keeper, prison guard, rear guard, screw, security guard, train guard, turnkey, van, vanguard, warden, warder |
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