misinformern.
/ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːmə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsᵻnˈfɔrmər/ A person who gives wrong or misleading information. Cf. misinformant n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > one who misinforms
misreporter1556
misinformer1577
misinformant1846
1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Giv Seying the Father of Phaeton had taken vppon hym agayne the guydyng of the Sunne (at the earnest request of Iupiter) waxed very wrothe, with the misinformer of these things.
1635 in Lismore Papers (1889) 2nd Ser. III. 222 Those malicious misinformers whose..lyes turned my sinces into..a confused load of greife.
1669 in L. B. Taylor Aberdeen Council Lett. (1954) IV. 383 At least our misinformers may be reprehendit for so doeing.
1894 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 17 Jan. Your informer, or rather misinformer.
1953 A. Smith Blind White Fish in Persia viii. 145 We waved less and less airily at our misinformer, but still there was nothing which could be said to him.
1978 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 50 26 He had unfavorable things to say about high-placed misinformers of the king.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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