INFORMANT

informant|informer. Informant, or Informer, n. one who informs

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In‐form″ant (?), n. [[L. informans, -antis, p. pr. of informare. See Inform, v. t.]] 1. 1. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies. Glanvill.
2. 2. One who imparts information or instruction.
3. 3. One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.
It was the last evidence of the kind; the informant was hanged. Burke.