Informant Definition
ĭn-fôrmənt
informants
noun
informants
A person who gives, or serves as a source of, information.
Webster's New World
One who informs against others; an informer.
American Heritage
One who furnishes linguistic or cultural information to a researcher.
American Heritage
(linguistics) A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.
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Other Word Forms of Informant
Noun
Singular:
informant
Plural:
informantsOrigin of Informant
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From Latin informans, participle of informo.
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