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WHISTLE BLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whistle blower mean?
• WHISTLE BLOWER (noun)
The noun WHISTLE BLOWER has 1 sense:
1. an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
Familiarity information: WHISTLE BLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
whistle-blower; whistle blower; whistleblower
Context example:
the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals
Hypernyms ("whistle blower" is a kind of...):
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