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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
jailer
    n 1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard,
         jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jailer \Jail"er\, n. [OE. jailer, gailer, OF. geolier, F.
   ge[^o]lier. See Jail.]
   The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also jailor,
   gaoler.]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Jailer
   (of Philippi), Acts 16:23. The conversion of the Roman jailer, a
   man belonging to a class "insensible as a rule and hardened by
   habit, and also disposed to despise the Jews, who were the
   bearers of the message of the gospel," is one of those cases
   which illustrate its universality and power.
   

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
advance guard, armed guard, bank guard, bull, coast guard, commandant, cordon, cordon sanitaire, custodian, gaoler, garrison, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, governor, guard, guarder, guardian, guardsman, inlying picket, keeper, outguard, outpost, penologist, picket, principal keeper, prison guard, rear guard, screw, security guard, train guard, turnkey, van, vanguard, warden, warder
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