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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Informer \In*form"er\, noun [From {Inform}, v.]
1. One who informs, animates, or inspires. [Obs.] --Thomson.
Nature, informer of the poet's art. --Pope.
2. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
3. (Law) One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.
{Common informer} (Law), one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
informer
noun: one who reveals confidential information in return for money [syn: {betrayer}, {rat}, {squealer}, {blabber}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "informer": Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, accusant, accuser, adviser, allegator, announcer, annunciator, appellant, archtraitor, attestant, attestator, attester, authority, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, bystander, canary, channel, claimant, cockatrice, cojuror, communicant, communicator, complainant, compurgator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, delator, deponent, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, earwitness, enlightener, expert witness, eyewitness, fink, gossipmonger, grapevine, grass, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informant, information center, information medium, interviewee, intrigant, intriguer, libelant, machinator, monitor, mouthpiece, narc, nark, newsmonger, notifier, party, passerby, peacher, petitioner, plaintiff, plotter, press, prosecutor, public relations officer, publisher, quisling, radio, rat, reporter, schemer, serpent, snake, snitch, snitcher, source, spectator, spokesman, spy, squealer, stool, stool pigeon, stoolie, suitor, swearer, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, television, teller, telltale, testifier, the prosecution, timeserver, tipster, tout, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, voucher, weasel, whistle-blower, witness
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