informant
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noun \in-ˈfȯr-mənt\Definition of INFORMANT
: a person who gives information: as a : informer b : one who supplies cultural or linguistic data in response to interrogation by an investigator
See Examples of INFORMANT
- The police were alerted to the plot by a paid informant.
- We learned the language with the help of a native informant.
First Known Use of INFORMANT
1657
Related to INFORMANT
- Synonyms
- betrayer, canary [slang], deep throat, fink, informer, nark [British], rat, rat fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whistle-blower
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