variants
or less commonly jailor
1
: a keeper of a jail
2
: one that restricts another's liberty as if by imprisonment
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One jailer wrote on the signature line that she could not be trusted with a pen.
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Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The jailers retreated to the secure booking area, and Northcross followed them.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
In other cases, inmates or jailers provided opioids, which triggered fatal overdoses.
—Usa Today Network Ohio, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024
Milioti arrived as Nanette Cole, a new hire to the company whose clone rallies the others to rebel against their jailer.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024
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Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The jailers retreated to the secure booking area, and Northcross followed them.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
In other cases, inmates or jailers provided opioids, which triggered fatal overdoses.
—Usa Today Network Ohio, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024
Milioti arrived as Nanette Cole, a new hire to the company whose clone rallies the others to rebel against their jailer.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailer. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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