"hind-quarters, buttocks of an animal," mid-15c., from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish, Norwegian rumpe, Swedish rumpa), from or corresponding to Middle Dutch romp, German Rumpf "trunk, torso." Sense of "small remnant" derives from "tail" and is first recorded 1640s in reference to the English Rump Parliament (December 1648-April 1653). As an adjective from c. 1600.
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1. The rump of the party does in fact still have considerable assets.
実際、この党派の残存分子は依然として莫大な資産を持っている。
2.He sent the horse forward with a slap on its rump .
彼がポニーテールをたたくと、馬は前に走って行った。
3.He finds himself heading a rump party largey out of tune with his own views.
彼は自分が指導するこの残存する党派と自分の観点が一致していないことを発見した。
4.Scarlett laid the whip across the weary rump of the horse.