jailer
n.
jail keeper, one who is in charge of a jail or a section of a jail; one who imprisons another (also jailor)
jailer
Noun
1. someone who guards prisoners
(synonym) prison guard, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey
(hypernym) lawman, law officer, peace officer
(derivation) imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
Jailer
(n.)
The keeper of a jail or prison.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Jailer
To see a jailer, denotes that treachery will embarrass your interests and evil women will enthrall you.
To see a mob attempting to break open a jail, is a forerunner of evil, and desperate measures will be used to extort money and bounties from you.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
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Jailer
(of Philippi), Acts 16:23. The conversion of the Roman jailer, a man belonging to a class "insensible as a rule and hardened by habit, and also disposed to despise the Jews, who were the bearers of the message of the gospel," is one of those cases which illustrate its universality and power.