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Someone who guards prisoners
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jailor
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Jailor is a 1938 Hindi psychosocial melodrama film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi . Produced by Minerva Movietone, the story and lyrics were written by Kamal Amrohi and Ameer Haider with screenplay by J. K. Nanda. The film had music direction by Mir ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jailer \Jail"er\, n. [OE. jailer, gailer, OF. geolier, F. ge[^o]lier. See Jail .] The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also jailor , gaoler .]
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n. (alternative spelling of jailer English)
WordNet
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n. someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard , jailer , gaoler , screw , turnkey ]
Usage examples of jailor.
They are the standing army, and the militia, jailors, constables, posse comitatus, etc.
One night, less than two weeks after I was taken, when it became apparent that the Federation had no further interest in me and I was to be killed, Teel managed to lure the jailor on watch into her cell.
The jailor, a huge and heavily muscled man, paced up and down behind the dais, a whip in one hand, a short and thick sword in the other.
The jailor held up one hand to fend any forthcoming blows, and shook his head with fright, his breath coming in short and raspy gasps.
When the jailor opened the door in the morning he was promptly knocked down by Paez and threatened with instant death if he made a sound.
He gave full powers to a high police official, who promptly solved the problem by throwing everybody into jailor deporting them to penal work islands.