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gaoler::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | jailer, jailor, prison guard, screw, turnkey |
| Type of | keeper, law officer, lawman, peace officer |
| Derivation | gaol |
Examples of gaoler
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When this filtered back to the gaoler, he became too afraid to let Margaret enter again.
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An ancestor had been a gaoler and his mother served as a magistrate.
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However, at some point in time, the number of captives reduced inside each gaoler to just one individual.
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Murphy ended up working as a gaoler at Darlinghurst Gaol.
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However, the gaoler was afraid of potentially implicating himself and in disappointment, Hua Tuo had the text burnt.
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The party was at the Cadogan Hotel, where Wilde was arrested, and guests included the current gaoler of Reading Gaol.
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On the other hand is the inhuman gaoler.
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After having handed him over again to his gaoler, her mood once more changes swiftly to one of wanton gaiety.
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In the UK, gaol and gaoler are used sometimes, apart from literary usage, chiefly to describe a medieval building and guard.
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- Prison guard: someone who guards prisoners
- A prison (from Old French prisoun) is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. ...
- Obsolete spelling of jailer
- A jailer or a person who managed the jail.
- The keeper of a gaol or prison, one who has the legal custody of the placo where prisoners are kept.
- A keeper of the gaol (jail), a jailer
