gaoler

English

Etymology

gaol +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Noun

gaoler (plural gaolers)

(Commonwealth, dated) Alternative spelling of jailer
- 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter XXIII, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
  The Grange is not a prison, Ellen, and you are not my gaoler.
- 1890, William Booth, chapter 7, in In Darkest England and the Way Out‎:
  One very important section of the denizens of Darkest England are the criminals and the semi-criminals. They are more or less predatory, and are at present shepherded by the police and punished by the gaoler.
- 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 41:
  A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners.

Anagrams

galero, galore, goaler

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