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Mountie
or Mount·y
[ moun-tee ]
noun
, Informal.
, plural Mount·ies.
- a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Mountie
/ ˈmaʊntɪ /
noun
- informal.a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Mountie1
nickname evolved from mounted
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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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