Mountie
pronunciation
How to pronounce Mountie in British English:
UK [ˈmaʊnti]
How to pronounce Mountie in American English:
US [ˈmaʊnti]
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- Noun:
- colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Word Origin
- Mountie (n.)
- 1914, member of the Royal Canadian (originally North-west) Mounted Police, formed 1873 to keep order in the former Hudson's Bay Company lands. Also see -ie.
Example
- 1. The bullet just shaved the mountie 's cheek .
- 2. He 's a mountie . It 's something they do .
- 3. So what are you , like , a canadian mountie ?
- 4. Did your mountie friend help you ? Benton fraser , deputy liaison officer .
- 5. A lone mountie has come to town to clean up the crime and corruptionafter finding an innocent man dead .