informant
/ɪnˈfɔɹmənt/ noun C2- One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
- 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.
Plural informants
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We started off for the cab together, leaving our informant incredulous, but obviously uncomfortable.
I only repeat what I have been told, and like my informant I can do no more.
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