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Royal Canadian

American

Or royal Canadian

noun

in the service of the Canadian federal government and the British monarch.

Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Etymology

Origin of Royal Canadian

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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Hansen, who joined the CSA in 2009 following his career as a fighter pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, will be the first non-American to fly around the Moon.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Chris Leather, officer in charge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Criminal Operations in Ontario, called the gunfire a national-security incident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The Royal Canadian Navy last year began taking part in joint maritime patrols in the area with its US, Australian, Japanese, and Philippine counterparts.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

“My homicide partner and I drove to Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills and dropped off the manuscript,” Wambaugh recalled in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Quarterly.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

Shucks, this doggone FBI was just as good as the movies said it was, they were just like those Royal Canadian Mountain Police, they always got their man!

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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