mouchardn.

Brit.

/ˈmuːʃɑː(d)/, U.S.

/muˈʃɑrd/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mouchard.

Etymology: < French mouchard police spy (1567 in Middle French), person who spies on someone (1571 in Middle French) < mouche fly (see mouche n.; 1574 in sense ‘spy’) + -ard -ard suffix.

Esp. in France or French-speaking regions: an undercover agent or investigator, a police spy.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer

setter1630

nose1789

mouchard1802

rat1818

stool-pigeon1830

knark1851

police informer1851

nark1859

telegraph1864

copper1885

sarbut1897

Noah's Ark1898

stool1906

snout1910

finger1914

policeman1923

stoolie1924

shelf1926

grass1929

grasshopper1937

grasser1950

stukach1969

supergrass1975

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Mouchard, a domestic spy, an informer.

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 663/1 Would you and your mouchards have me believe [etc.]?

1878 Appletons' Jrnl. 4 547/2 They did not acknowledge the mouchard who died fighting for his life with one of the people whom he was paid to watch.

1901 Daily Express 18 Mar. 7/1 At Marseilles, he had made friends with a man who turned out to be a mouchard.

1971 J. Tyndall Death in Lebanon x. 170 ‘I think we're being followed’..‘Yes... A typical mouchards' car, faster than it looks.’

1997 Times (Nexis) 20 Oct. The names and addresses in Lyons of all the persons employed by the late Government as secret police agents or mouchards.

Derivatives

† mouchardism n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer > practice of spying for police

mouchardism1891

1891 R. Buchanan Coming Terror 9 The increased corruption and mouchardism of an irresponsible Press.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mouchard
释义	mouchardn. Brit. /ˈmuːʃɑː(d)/, U.S. /muˈʃɑrd/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mouchard. Etymology: < French mouchard police spy (1567 in Middle French), person who spies on someone (1571 in Middle French) < mouche fly (see mouche n.; 1574 in sense ‘spy’) + -ard -ard suffix. Esp. in France or French-speaking regions: an undercover agent or investigator, a police spy. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer setter1630 nose1789 mouchard1802 rat1818 stool-pigeon1830 knark1851 police informer1851 nark1859 telegraph1864 copper1885 sarbut1897 Noah's Ark1898 stool1906 snout1910 finger1914 policeman1923 stoolie1924 shelf1926 grass1929 grasshopper1937 grasser1950 stukach1969 supergrass1975 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Mouchard, a domestic spy, an informer. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 663/1 Would you and your mouchards have me believe [etc.]? 1878 Appletons' Jrnl. 4 547/2 They did not acknowledge the mouchard who died fighting for his life with one of the people whom he was paid to watch. 1901 Daily Express 18 Mar. 7/1 At Marseilles, he had made friends with a man who turned out to be a mouchard. 1971 J. Tyndall Death in Lebanon x. 170 ‘I think we're being followed’..‘Yes... A typical mouchards' car, faster than it looks.’ 1997 Times (Nexis) 20 Oct. The names and addresses in Lyons of all the persons employed by the late Government as secret police agents or mouchards. Derivatives † mouchardism n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer > practice of spying for police mouchardism1891 1891 R. Buchanan Coming Terror 9 The increased corruption and mouchardism of an irresponsible Press. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1802
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