Adjective: turnkey 'turn,kee
Usage: archaic
- (of a product or service) ready to use upon delivery
"several networks offer their own turnkey systems"
Usage: archaic
- Someone who guards prisoners
"The turnkey patrolled the cellblock during his night shift";
- prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler [Brit], screw [informal], kanga [Austral, informal], prison officer [Brit], prison warder [Brit]
Derived forms: turnkeys
Type of: keeper, law officer, peace officer
Encyclopedia: Turnkey