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Meanings of jailer in English
Catalan
carcerari Spanish
guardia de prisión 
A person who guards the prisoners in a jail.
Usage of jailer in English
1
I went to the prison; the jailer would not take me in.
2
At present, your jailer doesn't know that you are aware of him.
3
Our only hopes lay in the assistance the jailer might afford us.
4
He played cards half the night with the jailer and the sheriff.
5
My half hour has expired; the jailer comes to let me out.
6
His jailer persisted in denying him the most innocent books to read.
7
When the jailer smiles it means that the jail is half opening.
8
One day the jailer came in, and gave me an Alcala roll.
9
The jailer must at once deliver him up to the chief lictor.
10
The jailer now left his party and came running toward the Jolly-cum-pop.
11
The jailer behaves as such a man in his position would do.
12
The jailer could dissemble no longer: he came out with it bluntly.
13
What had become of the jailer and the guards, Theseus never knew.
14
The missus is more like the head jailer every day she lives.
15
The camp-marshal used his voice for a bell, and the jailer came.
16
The jailer was an intimate friend, and considerately retired during the interview.
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Translations for jailer
Catalan
Jailer through the time
Jailer across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common