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Mountie

American  
[maun-tee] / ˈmaʊn ti /
Or Mounty

noun

Informal.
  • Mounties
    plural
  1. a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.


Mountie British  
/ ˈmaʊntɪ /

noun

  1. informal a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of Mountie

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


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He said, "U.S. searches for 'move to Canada' increased by 1,270% making this a perfect time to debut my new reality show, 'Who Wants to Marry a Mountie?"

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2024

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a news release that retired Mountie William Majcher is accused of helping the Chinese government identify the person targeted in the intimidation.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

Not long after, I pause to retie the soaked laces of my left sneaker beneath a bronze statue of a Mountie and his horse.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2022

From the snowy North to the streets of New York City, an escapee from Alka-Fizz Prison cannot shake the diminutive but determined Mountie on his trail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2020

By the middle of hard winter I thought I was Sergeant Preston—a Mountie on a radio show I had listened to as a child.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

“Tuition for junior college should be cheap, but with us being from out of state it costs more money,” said Zach Curry, a former defensive end for the Mounties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

The Mounties have created a phone line to report any threats in Quebec.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

Appointed in 2018, she was the first woman to head the force popularly known as the Mounties.

From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023

Tyler Shandro, the province’s justice minister, declared the buyback was not “an objective, priority or goal” of the province or its Mounties.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022

She was proud of the work she had done, and she had warm memories of the Vancouver Mounties.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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