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Definition: Jailer |
JailerNoun1. Someone who guards prisoners. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jailer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | 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. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To see a jailer, denotes that treachery will embarrass your interests and evil women will enthrall you. To see a mob attempting to break open a jail, is a forerunner of evil, and desperate measures will be used to extort money and bounties from you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Mining | Som. A small tub or box in which water is carried in a mine. (references) |
Occupations | Guards prisoners in precinct station house or municipal jail, assuming responsibility for all needs of prisoners during detention: Locks prisoner in cell after searching for weapons, valuables, or drugs. Serves meals to prisoner and provides or obtains medical aid if needed. May prepare arrest records identifying prisoner and charge assigned. May question prisoner to elicit information helpful in solving crime. May prepare meals for self and prisoner. May distribute commissary items purchased by inmates, such as candy, snacks, cigarettes, and toilet articles, and record payment on voucher. In small communities, may perform duties of SHERIFF, DEPUTY (government ser.) 377.263-010 or POLICE OFFICER (government ser.) I 375.263-014 when not engaged in guard duties. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: JailerSynonyms: gaoler (n), jailor (n), prison guard (n), screw (n), turnkey (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Keeper | Noun: keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, durwan, hayward; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper. |
Scourge | Goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner; lyncher; hangman; headsman; Jack Ketch. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Jailer |
| English words defined with "jailer": Gailer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "jailer": Lockit. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "jailer": Gailer. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Yes, Jor-El your jailer. (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) | |
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| "Jailer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Jailer" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 36 | 57,479 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jailer | 9 |
association jailer kentucky | 3 |
jailer philippian | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "jailer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rojtar burgu (jailor, locksman, turnkey). (various references) | |
Arabic | حارس سجند (gaoler, jailor), سجين (bagnio, convict, gaoler, inmate, jailor, prisoner), سجان (gaoler, jailor), القائم على السجن (gaoler, jailor), السجان (gaoler, jailor, keeper, provost, quotidian, turnkey, warder). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | тъмничар (gaoler, jailor, locksman, turnkey, warder). (various references) | |
Chinese | 监狱看守 (gaoler). (various references) | |
Czech | vìzeòský dozorce (gaoler), žalářník (gaoler, turnkey). (various references) | |
Finnish | vanginvartija (prison warder). (various references) | |
French | geôlier (jailor). (various references) | |
German | gefängniswärter (gaoler, gaolers, warder). (various references) | |
Greek | δεσμοφύλακασ (gaoler, prison guard, turnkey), δεσμοφύλαξ (turnkey). (various references) | |
Hungarian | börtönőr (gaoler, guard, provost, turnkey, warder). (various references) | |
Italian | carceriere (gaoler, gaolor, jailor, turnkey, warder). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 看守者 , 看守 , 看守 , 牢番 (prison guard), 獄吏 , 尉 (company officer, old man, rank). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | か"しゅしゃ, か"しゅ (beginning of a book or scroll, chief abbot, custody, getting wind of, manager, noticing, perceiving, seeing through, warship's bow, watching over), "くり, ろうば" (prison guard), じょう (10^28, aboard a ship or vehicle, as a matter of, besides, best, cane, company officer, emotion, feelings, first volume, from the standpoint of, going up, governmental, high class, imperial, lock, old man, padlock, passion, presenting, rank, shape, showing, superior quality, -tatami mats, ten octillion, ten thousand quadrillion, top, uselessness, whipping rod, young woman). (various references) | |
Manx | wardoor (prison officer, warder). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ailerjay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | carcereiro (gaoler, jailor, keeper, turnkey, warder). (various references) | |
Russian | тюремщик (gaoler, locksman, turnkey, warder). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tamničar (gaoler, jailor). (various references) | |
Spanish | carcelero (jailor, prison, prison guard, screw, turnkey, warder). (various references) | |
Swedish | fångvaktare (gaoler, guard, jailor, prison guard, prison-warder, turnkey, warder, wardress). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้คุม (gaoler). (various references) | |
Turkish | zindancı (gaoler, turnkey), gardiyan (gaoler, guard, Guardian, prison officer, screw, turnkey, warden, warder). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тюремник (gaoler, jailor, quod-cove, turnkey, warden, warder), наглядач (censor, gangsman, gaoler, inspector, nigger-driver, overlooker, overman, overseer, reeve, searcher, spy, superintendent, supervisor, taskmaster, warden, watchdog). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 16, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | PollaV te epiqenteV autoiV plhgaV ebalon eiV fulakhn paraggeilanteV tw desmofulaki asfalwV threin autouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum multas plagas eis inposuissent miserunt eos in carcerem praecipientes custodi ut diligenter custodiret eos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne thei hadden youun to hem many woundis, thei senten hem into prisoun, and comaundiden to the kepere, that he schulde kepe hem diligentli. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when they had beaten them sore they cast them into preson comaundynge the iayler to kepe them surely. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely: |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 16, Verse 23 |
| Albanian | Dhe si i rrahën me shumë goditje, i futën në burg duke urdhëruar rojtarin e burgut t'i ruajë me kujdes. |
| Cebuano | Ug sa gikabunalan na sila sa makadaghan, sila gibanlud nila sa bilanggoan; ug ang magbabantay sa bilanggoan ilang gisugo nga kinahanglan bantayan sila pag-ayo. |
| Chinese | " 了 許 多 棍 、 便 將 他 們 下 在 監 裡 、 囑 ' 禁 ' 嚴 緊 看 守 。 |
| Croatian | Pošto ih izudaraše, bace ih u tamnicu i zapovjede tamnièaru da ih pomno èuva. |
| Danish | Og da de havde givet dem mange Slag, kastede de dem i Fængsel og befalede Fangevogteren at holde dem sikkert bevogtede. |
| Dutch | En als zij hun vele slagen gegeven hadden, wierpen zij hen in de gevangenis, en geboden den stokbewaarder, dat hij hen zekerlijk bewaren zou. |
| Finnish | Ja kun olivat heitä paljon pieksättäneet, heittivät he heidät vankeuteen ja käskivät vanginvartijan tarkasti vartioida heitä. |
| French | Après qu`on les eut chargés de coups, ils les jetèrent en prison, en recommandant au geôlier de les garder sûrement. |
| German | Und da sie sie wohl gestäupt hatten, warfen sie sie ins Gefängnis und geboten dem Kerkermeister, daß er sie wohl verwahrte. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Setelah mereka dicambuk dengan hebat, mereka dimasukkan ke dalam penjara. Kepala penjara disuruh menjaga mereka dengan ketat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Apabila orang itu sudah membalun mereka itu beberapa liang, maka orang itu pun membuangkan mereka itu ke dalam penjara, serta berperintah kepada ketua penjara menjaga mereka itu dengan secukupnya. |
| Italian | e dopo averli caricati di colpi, li gettarono in prigione e ordinarono al carceriere di far buona guardia. |
| Maori | A, ka maha o raua whiunga e ratou, ka maka raua ki te whare herehere, ka tohutohutia te kaitiaki herehere, kia mau tana pupuri i a raua. |
| Norwegian | og da de hadde gitt dem mange slag, kastet de dem i fengsel, og bød fangevokteren å passe godt på dem. |
| Portuguese | E, havendo-lhes dado muitos açoites, os lançaram na prisão, mandando ao carcereiro que os guardasse com segurança. |
| Rumanian | Dupq ce le-au dat multe lovituri, i-au aruncat kn temniyq, wi au dat kn grijq temnicerului sq -i pqzeascq bine. |
| Russian | Й, "БЧ ЙН НОПЗП Х"БТПЧ, ЧЧЕТЗМЙ Ч ФЕНОЙ"Х, ТЙЛБЪБЧ ФЕНОЙЮОПНХ УФТБЦХ ЛТЕ ЛП УФЕТЕЮШ ЙИ. |
| Shuar | Tura Nuyá ti asutsua amikiar sepunam enkeawarmiayi. Tura Sepú-iinian chicharuk "Ti pénker Iistá pisararain" tiarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Después de golpearles con muchos azotes, los echaron en la cárcel y ordenaron al carcelero que los guardara con mucha seguridad. |
| Swahili | Baada ya kupigwa sana wakatiwa ndani, na askari wa gereza akaamriwa kuwaweka chini ya ulinzi mkali. |
| Swedish | Och sedan de hade låtit giva dem många slag, kastade de dem i fängelse och bjödo fångvaktaren att hålla dem i säkert förvar. |
| Uma | Wori' mela-ramo raweba', pai' oti toe ratarungku' -ramo. Ra'uli' mpo'uli' -ki kapala' tarungku': "Nujaga mpu'u-rae' to rodua toera!" |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jailer": jailers. (additional references) | |
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"Jailer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Jabier, Jagielo, jaile, jailee, jailen, jaite, Jaleh, Jamilur, jayer, jaylee, jeler, jelie, jila, joiler, joler, jouler, Juillerat, juler, nailery. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jailer" (pronounced jā"ler) |
| 3 | -ā" l er | bailer, bailor, inhaler, Mailer, Sailer, sailor, scalar, semitrailer, tailor, Thaler, trailer, whaler. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-j-l-r" | |
-1 letter: ariel. | |
-2 letters: aril, earl, ilea, jail, jarl, lair, lari, lear, liar, lier, lira, lire, rail, rale, real, rial, riel, rile. | |
-3 letters: ail, air, ale, are, ear, era, ire, jar, lar, lea, lei, lie, raj, rei, ria. | |
-4 letters: ae, ai, al, ar, el, er, la, li, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-j-l-r" | |
+1 letter: jailers. | |
+2 letters: janglier. | |
+3 letters: jailbreak. | |
+4 letters: cajoleries, jailbreaks, journalize, rijsttafel. | |
+5 letters: journalized, journalizer, journalizes, prejudicial, rijsttafels. | |
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