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informant

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noun
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As a noun, informant means one who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police.

Meanings of informant

4 meanings

noun

  1. One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

  2. linguisticsA native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.

  3. A person who supplies informationperson

    Similar: source

  4. Someone who sees an event and reports what happenedperson

    Similar: witness, witnesser

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a person who supplies information
source
noun: someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witnesswitnesser

Words that rhyme with informant

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