경찰이나 정부 기관 등에 비밀리에 정보를 제공하는 사람.
A person who provides information to another, especially to the police or a government agency, often secretly.
예문:
"The police relied on a confidential informant to locate the suspect's hideout."
"He was accused of being a government informant during the political unrest."
언어학이나 인류학 연구를 위해 언어 또는 문화적 자료를 제공하는 현지인이나 원어민.
A native speaker or a member of a community who provides linguistic or cultural data to a researcher.
예문:
"The linguist interviewed several native informants to document the endangered dialect."
"Anthropologists often live within a community to build trust with their key informants."