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Definition of informant noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

informant

noun
 
/ɪnˈfɔːmənt/
 
/ɪnˈfɔːrmənt/
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  1. a person who gives secret information about somebody/something to the police or the media synonym informer
    • a police informant
    • The journalist refused to reveal the identity of his informant.
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2, TV, radio and newsc2
  2. (specialist) a person who gives somebody information about something, for example to help them with their research
    • His informants were middle-class professional women.
See informant in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee informant in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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