Definition of "gaoler" []

• Obsolete spelling of jailer. (noun)

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• "Then he caused heavy shackles to be put on his feet and carried him to the prison, where he called the gaoler, whose name was Cuteyt, and said to him, 'O Cuteyt, take this fellow and throw him into one of the underground cells in the prison and torture him night and day.'"
• "The remark to Walter the gaoler was the last time, he vowed, that he would court abuse."
• "The gaoler was a very fat man with icy little eyes."