Noun: jailer jey-lu(r)
- Someone who guards prisoners
"The jailer patrolled the cellblock during his night shift";
- prison guard, jailor, gaoler [Brit], screw [informal], turnkey [archaic], kanga [Austral, informal], prison officer [Brit], prison warder [Brit]
Derived forms: jailers
Type of: keeper, law officer, peace officer
Encyclopedia: Jailer