Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jailer"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Jailer
(of Philippi), Acts 16:23. The conversion of the Roman jailer, a
man belonging to a class "insensible as a rule and hardened by
habit, and also disposed to despise the Jews, who were the
bearers of the message of the gospel," is one of those cases
which illustrate its universality and power.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jailer
n : someone who guards prisoners [syn: {prison guard}, {jailor},
{gaoler}, {screw}, {turnkey}]
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