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mouchard^¹

/ˈmuːʃɑː/ UK
/muˈʃɑɹd/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French mouchard, from mouche (“a fly”).

noun mouchards

An undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
An inverted compass hanging above the captain's bed

Mouchard^²

proper noun

A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

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"mouchard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mouchard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mouchard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mouchard

Chicago

"mouchard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mouchard.

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@misc{mouchard_2026,
  title = {mouchard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mouchard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}