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in⋅form⋅ant

  [in-fawr-muhnt]
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–noun
1. a person who informs or gives information; informer.
2. a person who supplies social or cultural data in answer to the questions of an investigator.
3. Linguistics. a native speaker of a language who supplies utterances and forms for one analyzing or learning the language.
Origin:
1655–65; < L infōrmant- (s. of infōrmāns) prp. of infōrmāre. See inform 1 , -ant

Synonyms:
1. source, adviser, tipster.
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in·for·mant   (ĭn-fôr'mənt)   
n.  

    1. One that gives information.

    2. One who informs against others; an informer.

  2. One who furnishes linguistic or cultural information to a researcher.

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Main Entry: in·for·mant
Pronunciation: in-'for-m&nt
Function: noun
: one who informs against another; specifically : one who makes a practice esp. for money of informing police of others' criminal activities
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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