Definition of "jail-keeper" []

• One who keeps a jail; a jailer. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The writ was specially directed to the sheriff at Toronto, the sheriff at Brantford and the jail-keeper at Brantford."
• "The late jail-keeper rode to a little opening in the woods, where Deck had halted, and received his orders."
• "He was ordered by Lumpkin to put his hands behind him; this done, the jail-keeper proceeded to fasten them together in that position with a pair of iron handcuffs."