wet nurse

woman employed to breastfeed and care for another's child
Intangible profession Q472898
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wet nurse

Summary

wet nurse is a profession[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,281 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • wet nurse's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • wet nurse's instance of is recorded as female occupation[4].
  • wet nurse is a type of domestic worker[5].
  • wet nurse is a type of non-biological mother[6].
  • wet nurse is a type of biological mother[7].
  • wet nurse's Commons category is recorded as Wet nurses[8].
  • wet nurse's patron saint is recorded as Agatha of Sicily[9].
  • wet nurse's field of this occupation is recorded as wet nursing[10].
  • wet nurse's field of this occupation is recorded as breastfeeding[11].
  • wet nurse is the opposite of nurseling[12].
  • wet nurse's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wet nurses[13].
  • wet nurse's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[14].
  • wet nurse's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[15].
  • wet nurse's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • wet nurse's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[17].
  • wet nurse's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[18].
  • wet nurse's different from is recorded as Balia[19].
  • wet nurse's different from is recorded as Q12096428[20].
  • wet nurse's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'מינקת'}[21].
  • wet nurse's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Amme'}[22].
  • wet nurse's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'nourrice'}[23].
  • wet nurse's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'ama de crianza'}[24].
  • wet nurse's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'amma'}[25].
  • wet nurse's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'кормилица'}[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include profession[3] and female occupation[4]. Recorded subclass of include domestic worker[5], non-biological mother[6], and biological mother[7]. wet nurse is the opposite of nurseling[12].

Why It Matters

wet nurse ranks in the top 2% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,281 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . heiligenlexikon.de. Retrieved . heiligenlexikon.de. Provenance: 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.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). wet nurse. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wet-nurse
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wet-nurse_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{wet nurse}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wet-nurse}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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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. 18h ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q1138524]], Add reference to a lexicon article."
  2. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556036405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  3. 18d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Balia, Q12096428
    Aliases
    Instance of
    Patron saint Agatha of Sicily
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q1138524]], Add reference to a lexicon article."
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