jailers

variants also jailors
plural of jailer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailers
Noun
  • Forest wardens walk into Kyebi Forest Reserve in the East Akim Municipal district in Ghana.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The Clermont County Animal Shelter took possession of the animals after they were recovered by the wardens.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As the two keepers' accelerating madness batters their already uneasy relationship, the film becomes a phantasmagorical endurance test, with the two antagonistic leads hurling themselves against their tight confinement.
    Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly 200,000 workers are employed in animal care and services, including kennel attendants, groomers, stable hands, zoo keepers and animal trainers.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Panthers have had three starting right guards this season and all three have sustained noteworthy injuries.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Nine teens temporarily escaped from a facility the company owned near Philadelphia following a riot in 2023, and guards at the same facility suffered minor injuries during a riot in September.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police are hoping the find will remind parents and guardians to check their children's Halloween candy.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Ciske has also gotten creative in making sure kids can keep coming with their guardians.
    Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But cities tend to be where people go out looking for birds, trying to find them before the rats get them, or before custodians sweep them away.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Jailers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailers. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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