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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

adviser, announcer, annunciator, attestant, attestator, attester, authority, bystander, channel, cojuror, communicant, communicator, compurgator, deponent, earwitness, enlightener, examinant, examinate, examinee, expert witness, eyewitness, gossipmonger, grapevine, information center, information medium, informer, interviewee, monitor, mouthpiece, newsmonger, notifier, passerby, press, public relations officer, publisher, questionee, quizzee, radio, reporter, source, spectator, spokesman, subject, swearer, television, teller, testifier, tipster, tout, voucher, witness

Dictionary Results for informant:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

informant
    n 1: a person who supplies information [syn: informant,
         source]
    2: someone who sees an event and reports what happened [syn:
       witness, witnesser, informant]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Informant \In*form"ant\, n. [L. informans, -antis, p. pr. of
   informare. See Inform, v. t.]
   1. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.
      [Obs.] --Glanvill.
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   2. One who imparts information or instruction.
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   3. One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.
      [Obs. or R.]
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            It was the last evidence of the kind; the informant
            was hanged.                           --Burke.
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