Informant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Informant	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
informant n a person who supplies information [syn: informant, source] someone who sees an event and reports what happened Synonym(s): witness, witnesser, informant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Informant \Inform"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.