Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jailoress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jailoress
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female jailor.

Example Sentences

"Ву the “clink of a louis d'or,” the prisoner managed to subdue the fidelity of this fair jailoress; she supplied him with pens and paper, and he immediately began a correspondence with his absent friends at the French Court."

Etymology

Etymology tree English jailor Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English jailoress From jailor + -ess.

Inflected Forms

jailoresses (plural)

Questions

What does jailoress mean?: A female jailor.
Where does jailoress come from?: Etymology tree English jailor Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English jailoress From jailor + -ess.

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