See Also: informant(dictionary)
informant(dictionary)
Key-informant survey(tourism)

informant (iou)



informant noun. M17.
[from INFORM verb + -ANT1.]
I.
Something which inspires, animates, or actuates. Only in M17.
II.
gen. A person who gives information. L17.
E. F. Benson I don't care whether your informants are correct or not in what they tell you.
Law. A person who informs against another; an informer. L18.
A person from whom a linguist, anthropologist, etc., obtains information about language, dialect, or culture. L19.
Language The language must be learnt from the lips of a native informant.