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informant

/ɪnˈfɔːmənt/
noun
  1. One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

  2. A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.

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