Meaning & use
Informants
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People who provide information, especially secretly, to authorities, journalists, or researchers.
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Police relied on informants to track down the smuggling ring.
The linguist interviewed several elderly informants to record the dying dialect.
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In linguistics and anthropology, 'informant' has a neutral meaning: a native speaker or community member who provides data for research.
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