Hypertext Webster Gateway: "informant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Informant \In*form"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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
informant
n 1: a person who supplies information [syn: {source}]
2: someone who sees an event and reports what happened [syn: {witness},
{witnesser}]
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