informant
noun/ɪnˈfɔːmənt/
/ɪnˈfɔːrmənt/
- a person who gives secret information about somebody/something to the police or the media synonym informer
- a police informant
- The journalist refused to reveal the identity of his informant.
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- (specialist) a person who gives somebody information about something, for example to help them with their research
- His informants were middle-class professional women.
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