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informer

noun

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English enformour, from Anglo-Norman enfourmour; equivalent to inform + -er.

  1. derived from enfourmour
  2. inherited from enformour

Definitions

  1. One who informs someone else about something.

  2. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.

    • Being an informer often meant living in fear.
    • The police relied on an informer to catch the gang.
    • He acted as an informer during the rebellion.

  3. One who informs, animates, or inspires.

    • 1729, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Sophonisba (by James Thomson Nature, informer of the poet's art.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA