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noun

Informant n.

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies. (Obs.)

One who imparts information or instruction.

One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer. (Obs. or R.) "It was the last evidence of the kind; the informant was hanged."

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... in with Billings don't really know what they want, except as he tells them," Fred's informant said, "an' that's what makes things of this kind dangerous. If the men understood exactly the cause of such rows, there'd ...

— Down the Slope • James Otis

... secret from two sources; the secret which I may not tell. One informant received it from his brother, who, when he came to man's estate, was taken apart by his uncle. 'You are old enough to know now,' said that kinsman, 'and I tell you that it may not be forgotten.' The gist of the secret is merely what one might gather from the report of the trial, that ...

— Historical Mysteries • Andrew Lang

... convoy without hesitation, which saved them from five to seven and one half percent in insurance." (N.Y. Evening Post, Aug. 2, 1808.) "Gibraltar. A large number of American vessels are in these seas, sailing under license from Great Britain, to and from ports of Spain, without interruption. Our informant sailed in company with eight or ten, laden with wine and fruit for England." (Ibid., June 30.) Senator Hillhouse, of Connecticut: "Many of our vessels which were out when the embargo was laid have remained out. They have been navigating under the American ...

— Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 - Volume 1 • Alfred Thayer Mahan

... My informant was himself a full-blooded African negro, as black as the ace of spades, but with an immaculate white turban on his head, and the flowing robe and loose jacket of ...

— The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter • Raphael Semmes

... this scanty supply of water through the years of an old man's life, upwards of eighty, in the heart of The Desert, for such is the site of the oasis of Seenawan. I looked about for birds, but saw none. My aged informant said, "In the winter there are some doves." No wild beast haunt the environs; they cannot get at the water. The people keep a few sheep, goats, and fowls. There are also a dozen or so of camels. It is remarkable that the soil of this speck of vegetable existence ...

— Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 • James Richardson

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