"Mountie" meaning in All languages combined

See Mountie on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-ca-mountie.ogg [Canada] Forms: Mounties [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊnti Etymology: From mounted + -ie. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mounted|-ie|text=+|tree=1}} From mounted + -ie. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mountie (plural Mounties)
  1. (Canada, informal, law enforcement) A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Tags: Canada, informal Synonyms: Queen's cowboy, gravel road cop
    Sense id: en-Mountie-en-noun-3ir6G5Nq Categories (other): Canadian English, Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
  2. (Canada, informal, historical, law enforcement) A member of the North West Mounted Police Tags: Canada, historical, informal
    Sense id: en-Mountie-en-noun-Bwj6RVsm Categories (other): Canadian English, Law enforcement, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Law enforcement Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 28 53 18 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 28 54 18 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 28 54 18 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 29 53 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 51 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 31 52 18 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 71 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 65 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 69 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 14 78 9 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 13 78 8 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 27 57 16 Topics: government, law-enforcement
  3. (US, informal, law enforcement) A law officer, particularly one patrolling rural highways. Tags: US, informal Coordinate_terms: statie, Statie, trooper, Trooper, state trooper, State Trooper, ranger, Ranger, CHiP
    Sense id: en-Mountie-en-noun-owtlWeSF Categories (other): American English, Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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