Mountie

or Mount·y

[ moun-tee ]

noun,plural Mount·ies.Informal.
  1. a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Origin of Mountie

1
First recorded in 1885–90; mount(ed) + -ie

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British Dictionary definitions for Mountie

Mountie

Mounty

/ (ˈmaʊntɪ) /


nounplural Mounties
  1. informal a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Origin of Mountie

1
nickname evolved from mounted

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