Gefängniswärter — meaning in English
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English meaning
- jailer noun A person whose job is to guard prisoners in a jail.
- screw noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
- turnkey adj Ready to use straight away, with nothing more to assemble or check first.
- warder noun (chiefly British) A prison guard.
Senses
Gefängniswärter is used for these senses in English:
- jailer One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
- prison guard (law enforcement) An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden.
- screw (slang, derogatory) A prison guard.
- turnkey (archaic) A warder or jailer; a keeper of the keys in a prison.
- warder A guard, especially in a prison.
screw — full definition
- noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
- noun A ship's propeller.
- verb To attach or fasten something using a screw, or by twisting it into place.
- verb (informal) To cheat, mistreat, or ruin things for someone.
- noun (slang) A prison guard.
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