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MOUNTIES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mounties mean?
• MOUNTIES (noun)
The noun MOUNTIES has 1 sense:
1. the federal police force of Canada
Familiarity information: MOUNTIES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The federal police force of Canada
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Mounties; RCMP; Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hypernyms ("Mounties" is a kind of...):
constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)
international law enforcement agency (an international administrative unit responsible for law enforcement)
Meronyms (members of "Mounties"):
Mountie (colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
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