Mountie

or Mount·y

[ moun-tee ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural Mount·ies.

1. a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Mountie

/ ˈmaʊntɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mountie¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mountie¹

nickname evolved from mounted

Example Sentences

One son then received an army commission, and another went to the navy; a third finally became a Mountie in the Canadian west.

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