different between jailer vs vailer

jailer

English

Alternative forms

  • jailor
  • gaoler
  • gaolor (obsolete)

Etymology

Old French jaioleur, jeolier, from jaiole.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d??e?l?(?)/
  • Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

Noun

jailer (plural jailers)

  1. One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

Synonyms

  • corrections officer
  • guard
  • screw (pejorative)
  • turnkey
  • warden
  • warder

Related terms

  • jaileress
  • jailering
  • jailership

Translations

Anagrams

  • rejail

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vailer

English

Etymology

vail +? -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ve?l?(?)/
  • Homophone: veiler

Noun

vailer (plural vailers)

  1. (obsolete) one who vails
    • 1614, Thomas Overbury, Characters
      if he finds not good ?tore of vailers , vailers, hee comes home ?tiffe and ?eer

References

vailer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • Averil, Elvira, Levari

Norman

Etymology

vaile (sail) +? -er

Verb

vailer

  1. (Jersey, nautical) to sail

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