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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jailer n : someone who guards prisoners [syn: {prison guard}, {gaoler}, {screw}, {turnkey}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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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