"jaileress" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: jaileresses [plural]
Etymology: From jailer + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|jailer|ess}} jailer + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} jaileress (plural jaileresses)
  1. (obsolete) A female jailer. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: jailoress, gaoleress, gaoloress [rare]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1870, Frances Eastwood, Geoffrey the Lollard, page 171:",
          "text": "Sit down here, and let me cover you with my cloak, and we will eat the supper our good jaileresses have provided; we have had nothing since daybreak.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1891, George Du Maurier, Peter Ibbetson, page 201:",
          "text": "As I got near to the avenue gate, instead of the school on my left there was a prison ; and at the door a little thick -set jailer, three feet high and much deformed, and a little deformed jaileress no bigger than himself, were cunningly watching me out of the corners of their eyes, and toothlessly smiling.",
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          "ref": "1910, Alexandre Dumas, anonymous translator, The Chevalier de Maison Rouge, P F Collier & Son, translation of original in French, page 176:",
          "text": "As she finished these words, Simon, who was then coming up, heard them, and saw the jaileress place in her pocket the money Maurice had given her.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Alexandre Dumas, anonymous translator, The Chevalier de Maison Rouge, P F Collier & Son, translation of original in French, page 176:",
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