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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Informant \In*form"ant\, n. [L. informans, -antis, p. pr of informare See {Inform}, v. t.] 1. One who or that which informs, animates, or vivifies. [Obs.] --Glanvill. 2. One who imparts information or instruction. 3. One who offers an accusation; an informer. See {Informer}. [Obs. or R.] It was the last evidence of the kind the informant was hanged. --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: informant n 1: a person who supplies information [syn: {source}] 2: someone who sees an event and tells what happened [syn: {witness}]
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