butcher

craftsman responsible for the preparation and sale of meat
Intangible profession Q329737
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butcher

Summary

butcher is a profession[1]. butcher ranks in the top 9% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • butcher's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • butcher's instance of is recorded as Q778000[4].
  • butcher is a type of tradesperson[5].
  • butcher is a type of Butchers, Fishmongers and Related Food Preparers[6].
  • butcher's Commons category is recorded as Butchers[7].
  • butcher's patron saint is recorded as Luke the Evangelist[8].
  • butcher's patron saint is recorded as Bartholomew the Apostle[9].
  • butcher's field of this occupation is recorded as butchering[10].
  • butcher's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Butchers[11].
  • butcher's work location is recorded as butcher shop[12].
  • butcher's product or material produced is recorded as meat product[13].
  • butcher's product or material produced is recorded as sausage[14].
  • butcher's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • butcher's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'جزارة'}[17].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'řeznice'}[18].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'мясьніца'}[19].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Fleischerin'}[20].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de-at', 'text': 'Fleischhauerin'}[21].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'buĉistino'}[22].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'carnicera'}[23].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'bouchère'}[24].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'buchistino'}[25].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ur', 'text': 'قصائن'}[26].
  • butcher's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'carnissera'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include profession[3] and Q778000[4]. Recorded subclass of include tradesperson[5] and Butchers, Fishmongers and Related Food Preparers[6].

Influence

Things named for butcher include Butcher[28], a family name[29]; Fleischer[30], a family name[31]; Boucher[32], a family name[33]; Købmagergade[34], a street[35], in Denmark[36]; and Metzler[37], a family name[38].

Why It Matters

butcher ranks in the top 9% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[2] butcher has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] butcher is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for butcher include Butcher[28], a family name[29]; Fleischer[30], a family name[31]; Boucher[32], a family name[33]; Købmagergade[34], a street[35], in Denmark[36]; and Metzler[37], a family name[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · TherasTaneel · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lille norske leksikon id → slakter
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'bo', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'dag', 'de', 'diq', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12721]]: slakter"
  2. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → butchers
    Verbaalpina id → C8438
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C8438, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Jeanette
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q297548, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0367775-reznici
    Isco-08 occupation class → 7511
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0367775-reznici, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
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