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gaolers

gaolers is the plural of gaoler.

Meaning of gaoler

Noun

gaoler (plural gaolers)

  1. (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jailer.
    • The Grange is not a prison, Ellen, and you are not my gaoler.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter XXIII, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC

Forms of gaolers

alternative formjailers
alternative formjailors

Questions about gaolers

What is gaolers the plural of?
Gaolers is the plural of gaoler.

Words near gaolers in the dictionary

  1. gaoldom
  2. gaoled
  3. gaoler
  4. gaoleress
  5. gaoleresses
  6. gaolers
  7. gaolership
  8. gaolerships
  9. gaolful
  10. gaolfuls
  11. gaolhouse

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