jailer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
    — Sometimes some of the ejected ministers preached to them privately, and now and then the jailer allowed Mr. H. to go out in the night to preach to them, and administer the Lord's Supper.

词形变化

jailers plural gaoler alternative,Commonwealth,dated gaolor alternative,archaic jailor alternative

词源

Inherited from Middle English gayoler, gayler, jayler, from Old French jaiolier, gaiolier, from jaiole. By surface analysis, jail + -er.
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