"jailer" meaning in English

See jailer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jailer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: jailers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ) Etymology: Inherited from Middle English gayoler, gayler, jayler, from Old French jaiolier, gaiolier, from jaiole. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|gayoler|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English gayoler, {{inh+|en|enm|gayoler}} Inherited from Middle English gayoler, {{m|enm|gayler}} gayler, {{m|enm|jayler}} jayler, {{der|en|fro|jaiolier}} Old French jaiolier, {{m|fro|gaiolier}} gaiolier, {{m|fro|jaiole}} jaiole Head templates: {{en-noun}} jailer (plural jailers)
  1. One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison. Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Prison Synonyms: corrections officer, guard, screw [pejorative], turnkey, warden, warder, jailor, gaoler, gaolor [obsolete] Related terms: jaileress, jailering, jailership Translations (one who guards inmates): δεσμοφύλαξ (desmophúlax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), escarceller [masculine] (Catalan), 獄卒 (Chinese Mandarin), 狱卒 (yùzú) (Chinese Mandarin), 獄吏 [archaic] (Chinese Mandarin), 狱吏 (yùlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 獄警 (Chinese Mandarin), 狱警 (yùjǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), věznitel [masculine] (Czech), žalářník [masculine] (Czech), vanginvartija (Finnish), geôlier [masculine] (French), geôlière [feminine] (French), gâfe [masculine] (French), ციხის ზედამხედველი (cixis zedamxedveli) (Georgian), Gefängniswärter [masculine] (German), Gefängniswärterin [feminine] (German), Gefängnisaufseher [masculine] (German), Gefängnisaufseherin [feminine] (German), Schließer [masculine] (German), Schließerin [colloquial, feminine] (German), Justizvollzugsbeamter [masculine] (German), Justizvollzugsbeamte [feminine] (German), Justizvollzugsbeamtin [bureaucratese, feminine] (German), Gefangenenwärter [masculine] (German), Gefangenenwärterin [feminine] (German), Wachtel [feminine, slang] (German), Kerkermeister [masculine] (German), Kerkermeisterin [feminine] (German), δεσμοφύλακας (desmofýlakas) [masculine] (Greek), sipir penjara (Indonesian), sipir (Indonesian), séiléir [masculine] (Irish), carceriere [masculine] (Italian), carceriera [feminine] (Italian), custode [feminine, masculine] (Italian), guardiano [masculine] (Italian), guardiana [feminine] (Italian), secondino [masculine] (Italian), secondina [feminine] (Italian), sorvegliante [feminine, masculine] (Italian), guardia carceraria [feminine] (Italian), aguzzino [masculine] (Italian), aguzzina [feminine] (Italian), 看守 (kanshu) (alt: かんしゅ) (Japanese), 獄吏 (gokuri) (alt: ごくり) (Japanese), 교도관 (gyodogwan) (Korean), 간수 (gansu) (Korean), carcerārius [masculine] (Latin), custōs [masculine] (Latin), темничар (temničar) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaitiaki herehere (Maori), lapseloon noojodum (Mi'kmaq), gayoler (Middle English), strażnik więzienny [masculine] (Polish), strażniczka więzienna [feminine] (Polish), carcereiro [masculine] (Portuguese), carcereira [feminine] (Portuguese), gardian [masculine] (Romanian), temnicer [masculine] (Romanian), тюре́мщик (tjurémščik) [masculine] (Russian), тюре́мщица (tjurémščica) [feminine] (Russian), тюре́мный надзира́тель (tjurémnyj nadzirátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), тюре́мная надзира́тельница (tjurémnaja nadzirátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), тамничар (tamničar) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), carcelero [masculine] (Spanish), carcelera [feminine] (Spanish), guardiacárcel [masculine] (Spanish), guardacárcel [masculine] (Spanish), fångvaktare [common-gender] (Swedish), kriminalvårdare [common-gender] (Swedish), gardiyan (Turkish), gwarcheidwad [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for jailer meaning in English (13.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "gayoler",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English gayoler",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "gayoler"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle English gayoler",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gayler"
      },
      "expansion": "gayler",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "jayler"
      },
      "expansion": "jayler",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "jaiolier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French jaiolier",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "gaiolier"
      },
      "expansion": "gaiolier",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "jaiole"
      },
      "expansion": "jaiole",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle English gayoler, gayler, jayler, from Old French jaiolier, gaiolier, from jaiole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jailers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jailer (plural jailers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "en:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Prison",
          "orig": "en:Prison",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings",
            "Law enforcement",
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Crime prevention",
            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
            "Architecture",
            "Crime",
            "Public safety",
            "Justice",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Public administration",
            "Security",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Government",
            "Fundamental",
            "Politics"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1775, Samuel Palmer, The Nonconformist's Memorial",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883, Silvio Pellico, chapter 32, in My Ten Years' Imprisonment",
          "text": "But the next morning came, and my coffee was brought by her mother; the next, and the next, by the under jailers; and Angiola continued grievously ill.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, St. Paul: The Traveler and Roman Citizen, page 176",
          "text": "The jailer was also roused by the earthquake and came to the outer door; he was perhaps a soldier, or at least had something of Roman discipline, giving him presence of mind.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison."
      ],
      "id": "en-jailer-en-noun-5a8EQoDM",
      "links": [
        [
          "enforce",
          "enforce"
        ],
        [
          "confinement",
          "confinement"
        ],
        [
          "jail",
          "jail"
        ],
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "jaileress"
        },
        {
          "word": "jailering"
        },
        {
          "word": "jailership"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "corrections officer"
        },
        {
          "word": "guard"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "pejorative"
          ],
          "word": "screw"
        },
        {
          "word": "turnkey"
        },
        {
          "word": "warden"
        },
        {
          "word": "warder"
        },
        {
          "word": "jailor"
        },
        {
          "word": "gaoler"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "gaolor"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "escarceller"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "獄卒"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yùzú",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "狱卒"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "獄吏"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yùlì",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "狱吏"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "獄警"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yùjǐng",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "狱警"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "věznitel"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "žalářník"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "vanginvartija"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "geôlier"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "geôlière"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gâfe"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "cixis zedamxedveli",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "ციხის ზედამხედველი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gefängniswärter"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gefängniswärterin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gefängnisaufseher"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gefängnisaufseherin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schließer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schließerin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Justizvollzugsbeamter"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Justizvollzugsbeamte"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "bureaucratese",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Justizvollzugsbeamtin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gefangenenwärter"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gefangenenwärterin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "Wachtel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kerkermeister"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kerkermeisterin"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "desmofýlakas",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δεσμοφύλακας"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "desmophúlax",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δεσμοφύλαξ"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "sipir penjara"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "sipir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "séiléir"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carceriere"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carceriera"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "custode"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guardiano"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guardiana"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "secondino"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "secondina"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sorvegliante"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guardia carceraria"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aguzzino"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aguzzina"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かんしゅ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kanshu",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "看守"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ごくり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gokuri",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "獄吏"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyodogwan",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "교도관"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gansu",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "간수"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carcerārius"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "custōs"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "temničar",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "темничар"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "kaitiaki herehere"
        },
        {
          "code": "mic",
          "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "lapseloon noojodum"
        },
        {
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "gayoler"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "strażnik więzienny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strażniczka więzienna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carcereiro"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carcereira"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gardian"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "temnicer"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tjurémščik",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тюре́мщик"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tjurémščica",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тюре́мщица"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tjurémnyj nadzirátelʹ",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тюре́мный надзира́тель"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tjurémnaja nadzirátelʹnica",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тюре́мная надзира́тельница"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "roman": "tamničar",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тамничар"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carcelero"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carcelera"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guardiacárcel"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guardacárcel"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fångvaktare"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kriminalvårdare"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "word": "gardiyan"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "one who guards inmates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gwarcheidwad"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪlə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jailer.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jailer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jailer.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jailer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jailer.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jailer"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "gayoler",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English gayoler",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "gayoler"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle English gayoler",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gayler"
      },
      "expansion": "gayler",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "jayler"
      },
      "expansion": "jayler",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "jaiolier"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French jaiolier",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "gaiolier"
      },
      "expansion": "gaiolier",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "jaiole"
      },
      "expansion": "jaiole",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle English gayoler, gayler, jayler, from Old French jaiolier, gaiolier, from jaiole.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jailers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jailer (plural jailers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "jaileress"
    },
    {
      "word": "jailering"
    },
    {
      "word": "jailership"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English agent nouns",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪlə(ɹ)",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪlə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
        "en:Occupations",
        "en:People",
        "en:Prison"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1775, Samuel Palmer, The Nonconformist's Memorial",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1883, Silvio Pellico, chapter 32, in My Ten Years' Imprisonment",
          "text": "But the next morning came, and my coffee was brought by her mother; the next, and the next, by the under jailers; and Angiola continued grievously ill.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, St. Paul: The Traveler and Roman Citizen, page 176",
          "text": "The jailer was also roused by the earthquake and came to the outer door; he was perhaps a soldier, or at least had something of Roman discipline, giving him presence of mind.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enforce",
          "enforce"
        ],
        [
          "confinement",
          "confinement"
        ],
        [
          "jail",
          "jail"
        ],
        [
          "prison",
          "prison"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪlə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jailer.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jailer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jailer.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jailer.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-jailer.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "corrections officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "guard"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "screw"
    },
    {
      "word": "turnkey"
    },
    {
      "word": "warden"
    },
    {
      "word": "warder"
    },
    {
      "word": "jailor"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaoler"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "gaolor"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escarceller"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "獄卒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùzú",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "狱卒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "獄吏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùlì",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "狱吏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "獄警"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùjǐng",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "狱警"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "věznitel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žalářník"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "vanginvartija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geôlier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geôlière"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gâfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cixis zedamxedveli",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "ციხის ზედამხედველი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gefängniswärter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gefängniswärterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gefängnisaufseher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gefängnisaufseherin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schließer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schließerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Justizvollzugsbeamter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Justizvollzugsbeamte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "bureaucratese",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Justizvollzugsbeamtin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gefangenenwärter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gefangenenwärterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "Wachtel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kerkermeister"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kerkermeisterin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "desmofýlakas",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δεσμοφύλακας"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "desmophúlax",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δεσμοφύλαξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "sipir penjara"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "sipir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "séiléir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carceriere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carceriera"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "custode"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guardiano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guardiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "secondino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secondina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sorvegliante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guardia carceraria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aguzzino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aguzzina"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんしゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanshu",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "看守"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごくり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gokuri",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "獄吏"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyodogwan",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "교도관"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gansu",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "간수"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcerārius"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "custōs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "temničar",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "темничар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "kaitiaki herehere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "lapseloon noojodum"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "gayoler"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strażnik więzienny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strażniczka więzienna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcereiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carcereira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gardian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "temnicer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjurémščik",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тюре́мщик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjurémščica",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тюре́мщица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjurémnyj nadzirátelʹ",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тюре́мный надзира́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjurémnaja nadzirátelʹnica",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тюре́мная надзира́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "tamničar",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тамничар"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carcelero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carcelera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guardiacárcel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guardacárcel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fångvaktare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kriminalvårdare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "gardiyan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwarcheidwad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jailer"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.