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jailers

jailers is the plural of jailer.

Meaning of jailer

Noun

jailer (plural jailers)

  1. One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
    • Sometimes some of the ejected ministers preached to them privately, and now and then the jailer allowed Mr. H. to go out in the night to preach to them, and administer the Lord's Supper.1775, Samuel Palmer, The Nonconformist's Memorial

Questions about jailers

What is jailers the plural of?
Jailers is the plural of jailer.

Words near jailers in the dictionary

  1. jailees
  2. jailer
  3. jaileress
  4. jaileresses
  5. jailering
  6. jailers
  7. jailership
  8. jailerships
  9. jailfodder
  10. jailful
  11. jailfuls

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