Associations to the word «Informant»

Wiktionary

INFORMANT, noun. One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
INFORMANT, noun. (linguistics) A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.

Dictionary definition

INFORMANT, noun. A person who supplies information.
INFORMANT, noun. Someone who sees an event and reports what happened.

Wise words

Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
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