Informant
[ɪn'fɔːmənt] or [ɪn'fɔrmənt]
Definition
(v. t.) One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.
(v. t.) One who imparts information or instruction.
(v. t.) One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.
Typist: Toni
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Informer.[2]. Accuser, complainant.
Editor: Val
Examples
- He asked his informant, the butler, whether the doctor had been sent for. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When I exclaimed that this appeared rather inhuman, he [the informant] answered, 'Why, what can be done? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Old Bailey spy, returned his informant. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Ere many minutes had elapsed, I was again on my feet, however, and again searching something--a resource, or at least an informant. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He looked at his informant for full a quarter of a minute, and appeared to have the surprise in his mind all the time. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- His papers are burned, his effects are removed, and his quarters are being got ready for the Duke of Dalmatia, Jos's informant replied. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The trooper thanks his informant and rides slowly on, looking about him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typed by Edmund