jailor
Prison staff member
A jailor is a person who runs or guards a jail.
The spelling jailer is more common in American English, while jailor appears more often in British usage and historical contexts.
The jailor brought the prisoner his evening meal.
Confined facility resident
- cellBasic unit of life
- detentionTemporary official holding
- confinementState of being restricted
- lockupTemporary detention facility
penitentiary · dungeon · cellblock · bars · shackles · chains · isolation · solitary
Supervisory custodian of place
- overseerOne who monitors work
- custodianGuardian of a place
- superintendentChief administrative official
- guardWatchful defensive attention
watchman · keeper · commandant · supervisor · chief · captain · officer · sergeant
Lock-operating instruments
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- restraintControl over impulses
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
patrol · rounds · regulation · order · enforcement · supervision · compliance · sanction
inmate
Confined facility resident
- cellBasic unit of life
- detentionTemporary official holding
- confinementState of being restricted
lockup · penitentiary · dungeon · cellblock · bars · shackles · chains · isolation · solitary · imprisonment
warden
Supervisory custodian of place
- overseerOne who monitors work
- custodianGuardian of a place
- superintendentChief administrative official
guard · watchman · keeper · commandant · supervisor · chief · captain · officer · sergeant · lieutenant
keys
Lock-operating instruments
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- restraintControl over impulses
surveillance · patrol · rounds · regulation · order · enforcement · supervision · compliance · sanction · correction
jailorliberator
One who frees others
emancipator · rescuer · freer · deliverer · freedom fighter
- in jailDetained in custody
- jail cellLocked prisoner compartment
- jail timePeriod of imprisonment
- get out of jail free
- thrown in jail
- go to jail
jail, jailed, jails, jailer, jailing, jailbird, jailhouse, jailers, jailors