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Noun: jailer  jey-lu(r)
  1. 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