INFORMANT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies. [Obs.] Glanvill.

2.
n.

One who imparts information or instruction.

3.
n.

One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer. [Obs. or R.] It was the last evidence of the kind; the informant was hanged. Burke.