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English
Etymology
From mounted + -ie.
Pronunciation
Noun
Mountie (plural Mounties)
- (Canada, informal, law enforcement) A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Synonyms: Queen's cowboy, gravel road cop
- Hypernym: Mounties
- (Canada, informal, historical, law enforcement) A member of the North West Mounted Police
- (US, informal, law enforcement) A law officer, particularly one patrolling rural highways.
- Coordinate terms: statie, Statie, trooper, Trooper, state trooper, State Trooper, ranger, Ranger, CHiP