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informour

informour is the obsolete form 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 informour

pluralinformours

Questions about informour

What is informour the obsolete form of?
Informour is the obsolete form of informer.

Words near informour in the dictionary

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

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