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Informant

Informant Meaning & Definition
Informant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Informant?

[n] a person who supplies information
[n] someone who sees an event and reports what happened

Synonyms | Synonyms for Informant: source | witness | witnesser

Related Terms | Find terms related to Informant: adviser | announcer | annunciator | attestant | attestator | attester | authority | bystander | channel | cojuror | communicant | communicator | compurgator | deponent | earwitness | enlightener | examinant | examinate | examinee | expert witness | eyewitness | gossipmonger | grapevine | information center | information medium | informer | interviewee | monitor | mouthpiece | newsmonger | notifier | passerby | press | public relations officer | publisher | questionee | quizzee | radio | reporter | source | spectator | spokesman | subject | swearer | television | teller | testifier | tipster | tout | voucher | witness

See Also | attestant | attester | beholder | betrayer | blabber | communicator | deponent | informer | leaker | observer | perceiver | rat | speaker | squealer | talker | testifier | utterer | verbaliser | verbalizer

Informant In Webster's Dictionary

\In*form"ant\, n. [L. informans, -antis, p. pr. of informare. See {Inform}, v. t.] 1. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies. [Obs.] --Glanvill. 2. One who imparts information or instruction. 3. One who offers an accusation; an informer. See {Informer}. [Obs. or R.] It was the last evidence of the kind; the informant was hanged. --Burke.

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