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noun
A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, informal
Topics: government, law-enforcement
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Queen's cowboy, gravel road cop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Mounties
noun
A member of the North West Mounted Police
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, historical, informal
Topics: government, law-enforcement
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A law officer, particularly one patrolling rural highways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
Topics: government, law-enforcement
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Mountie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: policeman, police officer, officer
History
From mounted + -ie.
