informant

person who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency
Occupation occupation Q1364673
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informant

Summary

informant is an occupation[1]. informant ranks in the top 9% of occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • informant's instance of is recorded as occupation[3].
  • informant is a type of source of information[4].
  • informant is a type of confident[5].
  • informant's Commons category is recorded as Informants[6].
  • informant's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • informant's different from is recorded as informant[8].
  • informant's different from is recorded as snitch[9].
  • informant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Informantin'}[10].
  • informant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'informante'}[11].
  • informant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'informantino'}[12].
  • informant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'осведомительница'}[13].
  • informant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'informatorka'}[14].
  • informant's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'indicateur'}[15].
  • informant's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'informator'}[16].
  • informant's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'стукач'}[17].

Why It Matters

informant ranks in the top 9% of occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month).[2] informant has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] informant is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). informant. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/informant
MLA “informant.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/informant.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_informant_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{informant}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/informant}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Edit History

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  1. 5d ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Instance of
    Yso id 22029
    Aliases
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P244]]: sh85066307"
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