informer
One who informs someone else about somethingOne who informs someone else about something.
» The informer's identity has to remain secret.
Личность осведомителя должна остаться в тайне.
Значення
значень: 3One who informs someone else about something.
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.
Denunziant, Verpfeifer, Ausplauderer
доно́счикdonósčik, доно́счицаdonósčica, стука́чstukáč
доно́щикdonóščyk, доно́щицяdonóščycja
One who informs, animates, or inspires.
1729, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Sophonisba (by James Thomson Nature, informer of the poet's art.
Informant, Hinweisgeber, Tippgeber
информа́торinformátor, осведоми́тельosvedomítelʹ, осведоми́тельницаosvedomítelʹnica
- one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
Приклади
речень: 3The informer's identity has to remain secret.
ruЛичность осведомителя должна остаться в тайне. — sharptoothed
Tom is an informer.
deTom ist Informant. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom found out that John was a police informer.
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Походження
Inherited from Middle English enformour, from Anglo-Norman enfourmour; equivalent to inforInherited from Middle English enformour, from Anglo-Norman enfourmour; equivalent to inform + -er.
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