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Jailer vs. Warder — What's the Difference?

Jailer vs. Warder — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Jailer and Warder

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Jailer

One whose responsibility is keeping a jail.

Warder

A guard, porter, or watcher of a gate or tower.

Jailer

One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

Warder

Chiefly British A prison guard.

Jailer

The keeper of a jail or prison.
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Warder

A baton formerly used by a ruler or commander as a symbol of authority and to signal orders.

Jailer

Someone who guards prisoners

Warder

A guard, especially in a prison.

Warder

(archaic) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.

Warder

One who or that which wards or repels.

Warder

One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.

Warder

A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will.
When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind,Casts down his warder to arrest them there.
Wafting his warder thrice about his head,He cast it up with his auspicious hand,Which was the signal, through the English spread,This they should charge.

Warder

The chief official in charge of a prison

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