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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 Canadaplay

  Familiarity information: MOUNTIES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOUNTIES (noun)


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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