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   jailer
         n 1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: {prison guard},
               {jailer}, {jailor}, {gaoler}, {screw}, {turnkey}]

English Dictionary: jailer by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jailor
n
  1. someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard, jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jeweler
n
  1. someone who makes jewelry [syn: jewelry maker, jeweler, jeweller]
  2. someone in the business of selling jewelry
    Synonym(s): jeweler, jeweller
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jeweller
n
  1. someone who makes jewelry [syn: jewelry maker, jeweler, jeweller]
  2. someone in the business of selling jewelry
    Synonym(s): jeweler, jeweller
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jewellery
n
  1. an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
    Synonym(s): jewelry, jewellery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jewelry
n
  1. an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems)
    Synonym(s): jewelry, jewellery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jailer \Jail"er\, n. [OE. jailer, gailer, OF. geolier, F.
      ge[93]lier. See {Jail}.]
      The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also {jailor},
      {gaoler}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jailer \Jail"er\, n. [OE. jailer, gailer, OF. geolier, F.
      ge[93]lier. See {Jail}.]
      The keeper of a jail or prison. [Written also {jailor},
      {gaoler}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jeweler \Jew"el*er\, n. [Cf. F. joaillier.]
      One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and
      similar ornaments. [Written also {jeweller}.]
  
      {Jeweler's gold}. See under {Gold}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jeweler \Jew"el*er\, n. [Cf. F. joaillier.]
      One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and
      similar ornaments. [Written also {jeweller}.]
  
      {Jeweler's gold}. See under {Gold}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jewellery \Jew"el*ler*y\, n.
      See {Jewelry}. --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jewelry \Jew"el*ry\, n. [Cf. F. joaillerie.]
      1. The art or trade of a jeweler. --Cotgrave.
  
      2. Jewels, collectively; as, a bride's jewelry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[ocr]l"l[ycr]), a. [Compar. {Jollier}
      (-l[icr]*[etil]r); superl. {Jolliest}.] [OF. joli, jolif,
      joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E.
      yule; cf. Icel. j[omac]l yule, Christmas feast. See {Yule}.]
      1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
  
                     Like a jolly troop of huntsmen.         --Shak.
  
                     [bd]A jolly place,[b8] said he, [bd]in times of old!
                     But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.[b8]
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
            gayety.
  
                     And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
                     Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
                                                                              --Fairfax.
  
      3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively;
            agreeable; pleasant. [bd]A jolly cool wind.[b8] --Sir T.
            North. [Now mostly colloq.]
  
                     Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
                     The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W.
                                                                              Irving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jowler \Jowl"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A dog with large jowls, as the beagle.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   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.
     
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