"jailer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-jailer.wav Forms: jailers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ) Etymology: Inherited from Middle English gayoler, gayler, jayler, from Old French jaiolier, gaiolier, from jaiole. By surface analysis, jail + -er. 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, {{der|en|fro|jaiolier}} Old French jaiolier, {{surf|en|jail|-er<id:agent noun>}} By surface analysis, jail + -er 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, gaoler [Commonwealth, dated], gaolor [archaic], jailor 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), žalárnik (Slovak), 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)

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          "code": "sv",
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      "word": "ციხის ზედამხედველი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "sipir penjara"
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "custode"
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      "word": "guardiano"
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      "word": "guardiana"
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      "word": "secondino"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "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": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one who guards inmates",
      "word": "žalárnik"
    },
    {
      "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"
}

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