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Gaoler

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Gaol´er    (jāl´ẽr)
n.1.The keeper of a jail. Same as Jailer.
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Noun1.Gaolergaoler - someone who guards prisoners        
jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey
keeper - someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?"
law officer, lawman, peace officer - an officer of the law


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" said Sancho; "take him away at once where he'll see his mistake with his own eyes, even if the gaoler is willing to exert his interested generosity on his behalf; for I'll lay a penalty of two thousand ducats on him if he allows him to stir a step from the prison.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
I was like a gaoler with an eye to possible surprises and escapes.
Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context
Chain cables and stout ropes keep her bound to stone posts at the edge of a paved shore, and a berthing-master, with brass buttons on his coat, walks about like a weather-beaten and ruddy gaoler, casting jealous, watchful glances upon the moorings that fetter a ship lying passive and still and safe, as if lost in deep regrets of her days of liberty and danger on the sea.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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