gaoler

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gaoler - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gaoler \Gaol"er\ (j[=a]l"[~e]r), n.
     The keeper of a jail. Same as Jailer.
     [1913 Webster]

  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.]

gaoler - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gaoler
      n 1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard,
           jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]

gaoler - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  GAOLER. The keeper of a gaol or prison, one who has the legal custody of the 
  place where prisoners are kept. 
       2. It is his duty to keep the prisoners in safe custody, and for this, 
  purpose he may use all necessary force. 1 Hale, P. C. 601. But any 
  oppression of a prisoner under a pretended necessity will be punished; for 
  the prisoner, whether he be a debtor or a criminal, is entitled to the 
  protection of the laws from oppression.