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Definition of Mounties

1. Noun. The federal police force of Canada.

Definition of Mounties

1. Proper noun. (plural of Mountie) ¹

2. Proper noun. (Canada usually preceded by "the") A nickname for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force as a whole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mounties

Literary usage of Mounties

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Canada: Pacific Coast, the Rockies, Prairie Provinces, and the Territories by Nicola Förg (1998)
"The "Mounties" managed to keep peace with the Indians in the region ... The Mounties developed great skills in mediating between the whites and the Indians. ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Mounties superintendent Sam Steele also declared that women and children were not allowed on ... If nothing else, this kept the Mounties jumping; by 1903, ..."

3. Western Canada by Jack Altman (2000)
"Royal Canadian Mounted Police Barracks Headquarters for the Mounties until 1920, ... The museum tells of the Mounties' adventures with Plains Indians, ..."

4. Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang by Teralee E. M. Bird (2004)
"We're the only ones with a casing. l heard th' Mounties. They seem to think he was shot at close range, maybe with a ball-loaded shotgun 'cause of th' size ..."

5. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"ROYAL NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE, popularly known throughout Canada as the "mounties," is the police force of the Northwest. The jurisdiction of the mounted ..."

6. Western Canada by Paul-Eric Dumontier, Jennifer McMorran, Pierre Longnus (2004)
"Led by scout Jerry Potts, the Mounties, under the command of Colonel Macleod ... After peace was restored (so to speak) by the Mounties, attention turned to ..."

7. What Happened Today? by Jill Norris, Sharon Rosenberger (2001)
"The organization later became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or the Mounties. *• What does the phrase law and order mean? Give examples of law and order ..."

8. Of Moles and Molehunters: A Review of Counterintelligence Literature, 1977-92 by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Angleton could have stopped the ensuing investigation but instead lent it impetus by suggesting that the Mounties consult Golitsyn. ..."

9. Canada: Pacific Coast, the Rockies, Prairie Provinces, and the Territories by Nicola Förg (1998)
"The "Mounties" managed to keep peace with the Indians in the region ... The Mounties developed great skills in mediating between the whites and the Indians. ..."

10. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Mounties superintendent Sam Steele also declared that women and children were not allowed on ... If nothing else, this kept the Mounties jumping; by 1903, ..."

11. Western Canada by Jack Altman (2000)
"Royal Canadian Mounted Police Barracks Headquarters for the Mounties until 1920, ... The museum tells of the Mounties' adventures with Plains Indians, ..."

12. Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang by Teralee E. M. Bird (2004)
"We're the only ones with a casing. l heard th' Mounties. They seem to think he was shot at close range, maybe with a ball-loaded shotgun 'cause of th' size ..."

13. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"ROYAL NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE, popularly known throughout Canada as the "mounties," is the police force of the Northwest. The jurisdiction of the mounted ..."

14. Western Canada by Paul-Eric Dumontier, Jennifer McMorran, Pierre Longnus (2004)
"Led by scout Jerry Potts, the Mounties, under the command of Colonel Macleod ... After peace was restored (so to speak) by the Mounties, attention turned to ..."

15. What Happened Today? by Jill Norris, Sharon Rosenberger (2001)
"The organization later became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or the Mounties. *• What does the phrase law and order mean? Give examples of law and order ..."

16. Of Moles and Molehunters: A Review of Counterintelligence Literature, 1977-92 by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Angleton could have stopped the ensuing investigation but instead lent it impetus by suggesting that the Mounties consult Golitsyn. ..."

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