单词 | informant |
释义 | informant /in fawr"meuhnt/, n. 1. a person who informs or gives information; informer. 2. a person who supplies social or cultural data in answer to the questions of an investigator. 3. Ling. a native speaker of a language who supplies utterances and forms for one analyzing or learning the language. [1655-65; < L informant- (s. of informans) prp. of informare. See INFORM1, -ANT] Syn. 1. source, adviser, tipster. |
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