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Definitions for: Informant [n] a person who supplies information
[n] someone who sees an event and reports what happened
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: source, witness, witnesser
See Also: attestant, attester, beholder, betrayer, blabber, communicator, deponent, informer, leaker, observer, perceiver, rat, speaker, squealer, talker, testifier, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer
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