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informor

informor is the rare spelling of informer.

Meaning of informer

Noun

informer (plural informers)

  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.
  3. One who informs, animates, or inspires.
    • Nature, informer of the poet's art.1729, Alexander Pope, Prologue to Sophonisba (by James Thomson

Forms of informor

pluralinformors

Questions about informor

What is informor the rare spelling of?
Informor is the rare spelling of informer.

Words near informor in the dictionary

  1. informity
  2. informivore
  3. informivores
  4. Informixer
  5. Informixers
  6. informor
  7. informors
  8. informour
  9. informours
  10. informous
  11. informs

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