informant

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"Mr. Loring, my informant was here a whole month and said you refused to appear.

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  1. noun One that gives information.
  2. noun One who informs against others; an informer.
  3. noun One who furnishes linguistic or cultural information to a researcher.

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  • Sir Charles thought the informant was a Russian officer betraying it with or without the connivance of the Tsar. —  The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2
  • Authorities said the informant was able to buy nearly three grams of crack from Mike-Mike, later identified as Weems.
  • In many instances, the informant is the same person responsible for software compliance at the company they are reporting The BSA has been aggressively marketing financial incentives to disgruntled employees to make anonymous software piracy tips against their employers with reward payments up to $1 million in cash. —  PRWeb
  • "In many instances, the informant is the same person responsible for software compliance at the company they are reporting," according to Robert J. Scott, Managing Partner of Scott & —  PRWeb
  • I should have observed, that my informant was the fellow-traveller himself: he told me the story in presence of his wife, who religiously attested its accuracy. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847
 

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Etymologies (1)

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian informante, from Latin informan(t-)s, present participle of informare, inform: see inform.
 

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/ɪnˈfɔrmənt/
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