informant
pronunciation
How to pronounce informant in British English:
UK [ɪnˈfɔːmənt]
How to pronounce informant in American English:
US [ɪnˈfɔːrmənt]
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- Noun:
- a person who supplies information
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
Word Origin
- informant (n.)
- 1660s, "someone or something that supplies information," from Latin informantem (nominative informans), present participle of informare (see inform). Meaning "one who gives information to the authorities, informer" is from 1783. As an adjective from 1890. The older noun was informer.
Example
- 1. So you turned him out as an informant ?
- 2. Nate told me his informant knows who 's involved .
- 3. Informant says thatyou 're ambidextrous ?
- 4. I had a meeting with an informant in yugoslavia .
- 5. Is this an official inquiry ? Cop to confidential informant ?