Informant

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. One that gives information.
  • noun. One who informs against others; an informer.
  • noun. One who furnishes linguistic or cultural information to a researcher.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Giving form; transmuting matter by communicating to it a form; informing.
  • noun. One who informs or gives information; an informer.
  • noun. Synonyms Informant, Informer. Informant is special, relating only to a given occasion: as, who was your informant? Informer may be special or general, relating to one occasion or, more commonly, to a practice or occupation, as implying a habit of informing, or a dishonorable betrayal of knowledge gained in confidence. It has acquired odious associations.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.
  • noun. One who imparts information or instruction.
  • noun. One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
  • noun. One who provides information about their language.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who sees an event and reports what happened
  • noun. a person who supplies information
  • Word Usage
    "SEEING the same intelligence would have required asking pefect questions, searching reams of paper to find the hidden qualifiers, such as “the informant is a liar.”"
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