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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.

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

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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