Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of jailer. Chaucer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A jailer.

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  • noun Obsolete form of jailer.

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Examples

  • My first experience of poor searching was when I was still a probationer on gailer duty, checking the cells on handover I found a fully loaded .22 five shot revolver under the plastic mattress in the cell.

    What A Load Of Pants! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

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