Category:Jailer

Jail"er, n. Etym: [OE. jailer, gailer, OF. geolier, F. geôlier. See Jail.]

Defn: The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also jailor, gaoler.]

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

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.