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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

gaoldʒeɪl(n.; v.t.)

  1. Category: British

    Ref: jail .

gaol′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey(noun)

    someone who guards prisoners

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gaoler(noun)

    the keeper of a jail. See Jailer


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

gaoler(noun)

a person who has charge of a jail or of prisoners

The jailer was knocked unconscious in the riot.

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