American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. One who reveals wrongdoing within an organization
to the public or to those in positions of authority: "The
Pentagon's most famous whistleblower is . . . hoping to get
another chance to search for government waste” ( Washington
Post). - n. Alternative form of whistle-blower. - n. an
informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the
hope of stopping it “Army intelligence analyst was charged with
providing a classified video to WikiLeaks, an anti-war
organization that runs what it describes as a whistleblower Web
site.” “Army intelligence analyst was charged with providing a
classified video to WikiLeaks, an anti-war organization that
runs what it describes as a whistleblower website.” “The man, an
executive/bio-chemist and inevitable whistleblower, is displayed
before the audience as a hapless buffoon who manages to delay
his own professional demise within his company, ADM, by
constructing a house of cards propped up by one