gaoler


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
jail /ʤeɪl/ (Brit. also gaol)
noun a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime. verb put (someone) in jail.
– derivatives
jailer (also gaoler) noun.
– origin ME: based on L. cavea (see cage); the word came into English in two forms, jaiole from OFr. and gayole from Anglo-Norman Fr. gaole (surviving in the spelling gaol).
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