JAILER Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

jailer

noun

variants also jailor

Definition of jailer

as in warden

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Recent Examples of jailer The report shows that upon his arrival, jailers placed him in the infirmary to monitor a dog bite wound that doctors at University of Florida Health Flagler Hospital had treated shortly after he was arrested. — Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026 May's family had accused the jailers of using Tasers, pepper spray, and restraints on the inmate. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026 Barboza has worked for the sheriff's office since 2010, beginning her career at the department as a jailer, according to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement records. — Nicole Hensley, Houston Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026 The jailed and the jailer, both are equally trapped. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 17 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jailer

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Noun

There is no word on when the search for a new warden will commence.

— Christopher DeRose, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
But to Bill Donnelly, the service’s warden, New Jersey’s fire season, like North America’s, can feel unending.

— Robert Sullivan, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

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The Christiana Riot, also known as the Christiana Resistance, occurred in Christiana, Pennsylvania, where free Black people and escaped slaves successfully resisted a federal marshal’s raid to capture four fugitive slaves.

— USA Today, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
While Nixon wasn’t well-known nationally, her background as a union organizer, and as executive director for Florida For All, a voter recruitment nonprofit, helped her marshal a statewide network of campaign supporters.

— Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

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On the Duke’s side, Joely Richardson is back as Eddie’s mother Lady Sabrina, Daniel Ings as disinherited older brother Freddy, Jasmine Blackborow as sister Charly and Vinnie Jones as Geoff, keeper of the grounds – and family secrets.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
Morché is the first keeper in club history to record a clean sheet in her debut.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of keeper

Noun

More from this past week • A transgender woman who works as a custodian at the University of Kansas was reported for using the wrong restroom under a new state law.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Zuckerberg is referencing OpenAI and Anthropic, which operate on the premise that hyper-smart AI is both inevitable and apocalyptic—and therefore safe only in the hands of the wisest custodians (themselves).

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026

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