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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Fellow inmates told jailers that Fomby was the one who smuggled in the deadly drugs.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Garzón had given a letter to his jailers written in Spanish, requesting to speak to his mother by telephone.
—Jesse Bogan, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2025
The most popular model for the partnership is one where county jailers notify ICE when unauthorized immigrants are booked into their jails.
—Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
Those jailers, Rafael Moreno and Joel Garcia, remain listed as defendants alongside six other guards allegedly involved in the altercation.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Garzón had given a letter to his jailers written in Spanish, requesting to speak to his mother by telephone.
—Jesse Bogan, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2025
The most popular model for the partnership is one where county jailers notify ICE when unauthorized immigrants are booked into their jails.
—Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
Those jailers, Rafael Moreno and Joel Garcia, remain listed as defendants alongside six other guards allegedly involved in the altercation.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailer. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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