one who provides information or intelligence, informant, source
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Informer Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Informer Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v.)
One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
(v.)
One who informs, animates, or inspires.
One who informs, animates, or inspires.
(v.)
One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.
informer
\in*form"er\ (?), n. [from inform, v.]
1. one who informs, animates, or inspires. [obs.] nature, informer of the poet's art.
2. one who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
3. (law) one who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.
similar words(1)
common informer
Noun
1. one who reveals confidential information in return for money
(synonym) betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber
(hypernym) informant, source
(hyponym) fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary
(derivation) inform
Informer Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Informer may refer to:
- Informant, a member of a one organization who gives another organization information about the group
- Common informer, a historical concept in English law abolished in 1951
- Informant (psychiatry), a person who provides information about a psychiatric patient
- Informant (linguistics), a native speaker acting as a linguistic reference for a language being studied
- The Informer (novel), a 1925 novel by Liam O'Flaherty
- The Informers, a 1994 short story anthology
- "Informer" (song), a song by Snow from 12 Inches of Snow
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