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mouchard

UK/ˈmuːʃɑː/US/muˈʃɑɹd/

mouchard noun: an undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.

Noun

mouchard (plural mouchards)

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

Proper noun capitalized: Mouchard

Mouchard

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

Forms of mouchard

pluralmouchards

Origin of mouchard

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

Words formed from mouchard

Questions about mouchard

What does mouchard mean?
Mouchard means an undercover investigator; a police spy, especially in a French-speaking country.
What part of speech is mouchard?
Mouchard can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mouchard?
Mouchard is pronounced /ˈmuːʃɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of mouchard?
The plural of mouchard is mouchards.

Words near mouchard in the dictionary

  1. mouch
  2. moucharabieh
  3. moucharabiehs
  4. moucharabies
  5. moucharaby
  6. mouchard
  7. mouchardism
  8. mouchards
  9. mouche
  10. mouched
  11. moucher

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