Associations to the word «Whistleblower»

Wiktionary

WHISTLEBLOWER, noun. Alternative form of whistle-blower

Dictionary definition

WHISTLEBLOWER, noun. An informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats