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informant

   Also found in: Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
in·for·mant  (n-fôrmnt)
n.
1.
a. One that gives information.
b. One who informs against others; an informer.
2. One who furnishes linguistic or cultural information to a researcher.

informant [ɪnˈfɔːmənt]
n
a person who gives information about a thing, a subject being studied, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.informantinformant - a person who supplies information    
communicator - a person who communicates with others
betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat - one who reveals confidential information in return for money
leaker - a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were"
passive source - an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has
whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower - an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
2.informant - someone who sees an event and reports what happened
beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
attester, attestant - someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something
speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
deponent, deposer, testifier - a person who testifies or gives a deposition
Translations
informant [ɪnˈfɔːmənt] Ninformante mf
my informantel que me lo dijo
who was your informant?¿quién se lo dijo?
informant [ɪnˈfɔːrmənt] n
(gen)informateur/trice m/f
(= police informer) → indicateur/trice m/f
informant
n
Informant(in) m(f); according to my informant the book is out of printwie man mir mitteilt or berichtet, ist das Buch vergriffen
(police) informantPolizeispitzel m
informant [ɪnˈfɔːmənt] ninformatore/trice
informant [ɪnˈfɔːmənt] ninformatore/trice


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When not doing so himself, he may have some informant skulking about, in the person of a watchman, porter, or such-like hanger-on of Staple.
When with due circumspection Napoleon was informed that Moscow was empty, he looked angrily at his informant, turned away, and silently continued to walk to and fro.
I dare say the resemblance is not so exact, though, as that your informant became known to you through a letter from a correspondent with whom he had deposited money?
 
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