Reverse Dictionary: PRISON – NOUNS – PERSON – PRISON OFFICERS, ETC.

► ABBEY-CROAKER the chaplain of Newgate → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► ABBOT a prison warden → 1835 UK criminals’ sl.
► ADAM a prison warder → 1903 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► ADIDAS a prison training instructor → 1996 UK sl.
► APRIL FOOL COPPER a prison guard → 1990s US prison sl.
► BABYLON the police; a prison warder → 1983 sl., orig. W. Indies, then Black British & African-American
► BABYSITTER a prison officer → 1989 Can. sl.
► BADGE a warder, a guard; anyone in authority → 1992 US prison sl.
► BAGGY the lowest rank of prison officer → 1990 Aust. prison sl.
► BAGGYARSE the lowest rank of prison officer → 1990 Aust. prison sl.
► BASH ARTIST a violent individual, esp. a prison guard; a thug → 1946 Aust. sl.
► BASHER the prison guard who does the flogging; a notably violent prison officer → 1939 prison sl.
► BEAK a prison warder → 1835 UK prison & criminals’ sl.
► BEAKMAN a prison warder → 1835 UK prison & criminals’ sl.
► BEARD a man (possibly, but not necessarily, homosexual) used to take out to dinner the wife of a man in prison; his function is to prevent her becoming involved with other men → 2002 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BEAST a prison officer → 1990 Aust. prison sl.
► BEAST-MAN a police officer or prison officer; any figure of authority → 1990s UK teen sl.
► BIG BOY the warden of a prison → 1935 prison sl.
► BIG BULL the principal keeper of a jail; the warden of a penitentiary → 1945 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BIG FINGER the senior figure, esp. as a prison warden → 1918 US sl.
► BIG HEAD the warden → 1949 US prison sl.
► BIG HONCHO any form of important or superior person, esp. in a criminal context; a prison governor → 1970 US sl.
► BIG MAN a prison governor → 1936 sl.
► BIG NOISE a prison warden → 1929 prison sl.
► BIG SCREW a penitentiary warden or his deputy → 1927 US prison sl.
► BIG SHOT the prison warden → 1932 prison sl.
► BIG STICK the prison warden → 1932 US prison sl.
► BITCHES’ BASTARD ► BITCH’S BASTARD a severe, possibly violent warder → 1954 UK prison sl.
► BLACK COVE a prison turnkey; a warder → 1809 sl.
► BLACK COVE DUBBER a jailer, a turnkey → a1790 UK criminals’ sl.
► BLACKJACK ARTIST a prison guard overly fond of using his nightstick → 1934 prison sl. 
► BOONGIE a prison officer → 2000s US sl.
► CABALLO a person who smuggles drugs into a prison → 1992 US sl.
► CAGE AND KEY MAN a prison guard responsible for a particular row of cells → 20C US prison sl.
► CARCERIST one who advocates or has to do with prisons → 1821
► COLONEL KLINK any high-ranking prison officer → 2002 US sl.
► COP a warder, a guard → 1970s US prison sl.
► COPPER JOHN a prison warden → 1910s US criminals’ sl.
► CRANK a prison guard who takes pleasure in making life difficult for prisoners → 1981 US sl.
► CROAKER a prison doctor → 1859 sl., now mainly US
► DEACON a prison warden → 1949 US sl.
► DEAN OF MEN a prison warden → 1949 US sl.
► DICK-SMACKER a prison guard → 1984 US sl.
► FATHER TIME the warden → 1949 US prison sl.
► GABBER a prison officer → 2002 criminals’ sl.  (Bk.)
► GABRIEL the chapel organist → 1930s US prison sl.
► GAGGER a prison warder or keeper → 1782 UK sl. obs.
► GAOLER one who has charge of a jail or of the prisoners in it → c1290
► GAOLERESS a female gaoler → 1747
► GATTA a prison warder → 1987 S. Afr. sl.
► GERMAN a prison officer → 1996 UK sl.
► GHEE ONE KNEW UP ABOVE a person known during a former prison sentence → 1992 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► GIGGER a turnkey of a jail → 1890 criminals’ sl. obs.
► GIGGER-DUBBER a turnkey of a jail; a prison-keeper → 1781 sl. 
► GUN-BULL an armed prison guard → 1928 US sl.
► HACK a guard, esp. one in a jail or prison → 1914 US sl.
► HACKER a prison guard → 1990s US prison sl.
► HAEMORRHOID a prison officer → 1980s Aust. prison sl.
► HAM AND BEEF the chief warder of a prison → 1941 rhyming sl. for ‘chief’
► HAWK a guard in a federal prison → 1936 Amer. dial.
► HEMO a prison officer → 1980s Aust. prison sl.
► HIKER a prison officer whose duty is to be anywhere in the prison when required → 1996 UK sl.
► JACK an officer in charge of prisoners → 1919
► JAILERESS ► JAILORESS a female jailer → 1748
► JAVELER a jailer → c1450 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► JIGGER a doorkeeper; a jailor or turnkey → 1749 sl.
► JIGGER-DUBBER a doorkeeper; a jailor or turnkey → 1781 sl.
► KANGA a prison warder → 1920s rhyming sl. for ‘screw’ (kangaroo)
► KANGAROO a prison warder → 1920s rhyming sl. for ‘screw’
► KEY ► KEYS a prison officer → 1934 US sl.
► LADY GREEN a prison chaplain → M19 UK criminals’ sl.
► LAW, THE a warder → 1920s US prison sl.
► MIRROR MAN an officer who promises help, advice, information, etc., but never manages to provide it → 1980s Aust. prison sl.
► MONKEY a correctional officer → 1949 US prison sl.
► MR. WRIGHT a warder ‘going between’ a prisoner and his friends → 19C sl.
► MULLIGAN a prison guard; used derisively by prisoners → 1939 US sl.
► NEW BOOT a new prison officer → 2000 US prison sl.
► NEW LIGHT one who attends the prisons to assist villains in evading justice → 1823 sl.
► NIGHT BULL a prison guard assigned to a night shift → 1967 US sl.
► NIGHT COCKY in prison: a night patrolman → 2000 Brit. sl.
► OFFICER a jailer; an executioner → a1600 obs.
► PACKHORSE a person, usually a guard, who brings contraband into prison → 1966 US prison sl.
► PARTICULARS any member of the authorities who has an immediate effect on a prisoner’s life, a warder, the sentencing judge, the parole board, etc. → 1970s US prison sl.
► POH-POH ► PO-PO a prison officer → 1980s US prison sl.
► POLICE a prison guard → 1990s US prison sl.
► PUDDING AND BEEF a chief prison officer → Brit. rhyming sl.
► QUAD CULL ► QUOD CULL a prison warder; a turnkey; a jailer → 1753 sl.
► QUAECALL a turnkey; a jailer → 1791 US criminals’ sl. 
► QUA-KEEPER a ‘gaoler’ → L18 cant
► QUEER COVE a turnkey → M19 sl.
► QUOD COVE the governor of a prison → E19 UK criminals’ sl.
► RAMBO an intolerant prison officer who would rather punish inmates → 2002 UK sl.
► SAFE SCREW a corrupt prison officer → 1996 UK prison sl.
► SAINT an incorruptible prison officer or police officer → 1996 UK prison sl.
► SCREW a prison warder → 1812 sl.
► SPLIT FINGER a clerk; a prison clerk → 1930s US prison & criminals’ sl.
► STREET-WALKER a jailer; a turnkey → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► TRACK a prison warder who will carry contraband messages or goods out of or into a prison for a prisoner → 1950 Aust. colloq.
► TRUMP a senior officer in a prison, or section of a prison → 1984 Aust. ;prison sl. (Bk.)
► TURNKEY a person who has charge of the keys of a prison → 1655
► CHUM-MASTER n. an official responsible for allotting prisoners to cells, on payment of a fee → 1815 UK prison sl.
► TWIRL a prison warder → 1891 sl.
► UNDER DUBBER a turnkey; an assistant jailer → 1850s sl.
► UNDER DUBSMAN a turnkey; an assistant jailer → 1850s sl.
► UNIFORM a prison officer → 1970s
► VET a prison doctor → 1974 S. Afr. sl.
► WALKING TREE a warder → 1963 S. Afr. prison sl.
► WARDEN an officer to whose custody prisoners are committed; the governor of a prison → a1300
► WARDEN OF THE FLEET an official in charge of a prison → 1543
► WARDER an official in charge of prisoners in a jail → 1855
► WARDERESS a female warder in a prison → 1878
► WARDRESS a female warder in a prison → 1878
► WARDSMAN a watchman who is responsible for prisoners → 1683
► WHITE COAT a hospital attendant in prison → 1932 cant
► WHITESHIRT a senior prison officer → 1996 UK sl.
► WING-WAITER a postman, esp. a prison mail-carrier → 1934 Amer. sl.  (Bk.)
► YARD BULL a prison guard working in the prison exercise yard → 1935 US prison sl.
► YARD HACK a prison guard working in the prison exercise yard → 1935 US prison sl.
► YARD PATROL a prison guard → 1986 US sl.
► ZOMBIE a particularly unpleasant prison officer, one more dead than alive; a prison officer who looks permanently miserable and humourless → 1989 UK prison sl.