INFORMANT


Meaning of INFORMANT in English

in ‧ for ‧ mant /ɪnˈfɔːmənt $ -ɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ informant , ↑ information , ↑ informer , ↑ misinformation , ↑ disinformation ; verb : ↑ inform , ↑ misinform ; adjective : ↑ informative ≠ UNINFORMATIVE , ↑ informed ≠ ↑ uninformed ; adverb : ↑ informatively ]

1 . someone who secretly gives the police, the army etc information about someone else SYN informer :

One of the witnesses was a paid informant for the FBI.

2 . technical someone who gives information about their language, social customs etc to someone who is studying them

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.