noun
Meaning 1
One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jailer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈd͡ʒeɪlə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -eɪlə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who guards prisoners
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prison guard, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keeper, lawman, law officer, peace officer
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gayoler, gayler, jayler, from Old French jaiolier, gaiolier, from jaiole. By surface analysis, jail + -er.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тъмнича́р (tǎmničár) — one who guards inmates
- Bulgarian: тъмнича́рка (tǎmničárka) — one who guards inmates
- Bulgarian: надзира́тел (nadzirátel) — one who guards inmates
- Bulgarian: надзира́телка (nadzirátelka) — one who guards inmates
- Catalan: escarceller — one who guards inmates
- Chinese Mandarin: 獄卒 /狱卒 (yùzú) — one who guards inmates
- Chinese Mandarin: 獄吏 /狱吏 (yùlì) — one who guards inmates
- Chinese Mandarin: 獄警 /狱警 (yùjǐng) — one who guards inmates
- Czech: věznitel — one who guards inmates
- Czech: žalářník — one who guards inmates
- Dutch: cipier — one who guards inmates
- Dutch: gevangenbewaarder — one who guards inmates
- Finnish: vanginvartija — one who guards inmates
- French: geôlier — one who guards inmates
- French: geôlière — one who guards inmates
- French: gâfe — one who guards inmates
- Georgian: ციხის ზედამხედველი (cixis zedamxedveli) — one who guards inmates
- German: Gefängniswärter — one who guards inmates
- German: Gefängniswärterin — one who guards inmates
- German: Gefängnisaufseher — one who guards inmates
- German: Gefängnisaufseherin — one who guards inmates
- German: Schließer — one who guards inmates
- German: Schließerin — one who guards inmates
- German: Justizvollzugsbeamter — one who guards inmates
- German: Justizvollzugsbeamte — one who guards inmates
- German: Justizvollzugsbeamtin — one who guards inmates
- German: Gefangenenwärter — one who guards inmates
- German: Gefangenenwärterin — one who guards inmates
- German: Wachtel — one who guards inmates
- German: Kerkermeister — one who guards inmates
- German: Kerkermeisterin — one who guards inmates
- Greek: δεσμοφύλακας (desmofýlakas) — one who guards inmates
- Ancient Greek: δεσμοφύλαξ (desmophúlax) — one who guards inmates
- Indonesian: sipir penjara — one who guards inmates
- Indonesian: sipir — one who guards inmates
- Irish: séiléir — one who guards inmates
- Italian: carceriere — one who guards inmates
- Italian: carceriera — one who guards inmates
- Italian: custode — one who guards inmates
- Italian: guardiano — one who guards inmates
- Italian: guardiana — one who guards inmates
- Italian: secondino — one who guards inmates
- Italian: secondina — one who guards inmates
- Italian: sorvegliante — one who guards inmates
- Italian: guardia carceraria — one who guards inmates
- Italian: aguzzino — one who guards inmates
- Italian: aguzzina — one who guards inmates
- Japanese: 看守 (kanshu) — one who guards inmates
- Japanese: 獄吏 (gokuri) — one who guards inmates
- Korean: 교도관 (gyodogwan) — one who guards inmates
- Korean: 간수 (gansu) — one who guards inmates
- Latin: carcerārius — one who guards inmates
- Latin: custōs — one who guards inmates
- Macedonian: темничар (temničar) — one who guards inmates
- Māori: kaitiaki herehere — one who guards inmates
- Middle English: gayoler — one who guards inmates
- Mi'kmaq: lapseloon noojodum — one who guards inmates
- Pannonian Rusyn: цемнїцар (cemnjicar) — one who guards inmates
- Polish: strażnik więzienny — one who guards inmates
- Polish: strażniczka więzienna — one who guards inmates
- Portuguese: carcereiro — one who guards inmates
- Portuguese: carcereira — one who guards inmates
- Romanian: gardian — one who guards inmates
- Romanian: temnicer — one who guards inmates
- Russian: тюре́мщик (tjurémščik) — one who guards inmates
- Russian: тюре́мщица (tjurémščica) — one who guards inmates
- Russian: тюре́мный надзира́тель (tjurémnyj nadzirátelʹ) — one who guards inmates
- Russian: тюре́мная надзира́тельница (tjurémnaja nadzirátelʹnica) — one who guards inmates
- Serbo-Croatian: тамничар (tamničar) — one who guards inmates
- Slovak: žalárnik — one who guards inmates
- Spanish: carcelero — one who guards inmates
- Spanish: carcelera — one who guards inmates
- Spanish: guardiacárcel — one who guards inmates
- Spanish: guardacárcel — one who guards inmates
- Swedish: fångvaktare — one who guards inmates
- Swedish: kriminalvårdare — one who guards inmates
- Turkish: gardiyan — one who guards inmates
- Turkish: zindancı — one who guards inmates
- Ottoman Turkish: زندانجی (zindâncı) — one who guards inmates
- Welsh: gwarcheidwad — one who guards inmates
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