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Meanings of jailer in English

Catalan
carcerari
Spanish
guardia de prisión
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A person who guards the prisoners in a jail.

      carcerari
      Usage of jailer in English
      1
      I went to the prison; the jailer would not take me in.
      Standard Selections / A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Pr...
      2
      At present, your jailer doesn't know that you are aware of him.
      Spellwright
      3
      Our only hopes lay in the assistance the jailer might afford us.
      The Golden Grasshopper: A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresha...
      4
      He played cards half the night with the jailer and the sheriff.
      Victory: An Island Tale
      5
      My half hour has expired; the jailer comes to let me out.
      The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance
      6
      His jailer persisted in denying him the most innocent books to read.
      The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
      7
      When the jailer smiles it means that the jail is half opening.
      The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
      8
      One day the jailer came in, and gave me an Alcala roll.
      Carmen
      9
      The jailer must at once deliver him up to the chief lictor.
      King of the Jews: A story of Christ's last days on Earth
      10
      The jailer now left his party and came running toward the Jolly-cum-pop.
      The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales
      11
      The jailer behaves as such a man in his position would do.
      Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
      12
      The jailer could dissemble no longer: he came out with it bluntly.
      Within an Inch of His Life
      13
      What had become of the jailer and the guards, Theseus never knew.
      Tanglewood Tales
      14
      The missus is more like the head jailer every day she lives.
      A Little Princess / Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told...
      15
      The camp-marshal used his voice for a bell, and the jailer came.
      King Coal : a Novel
      16
      The jailer was an intimate friend, and considerately retired during the interview.
      Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
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      carcerari
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      United Kingdom
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