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noun
An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, law-enforcement
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
someone who guards prisoners
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keeper, lawman, law officer, peace officer
History
From prison + guard.
Across languages
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
