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,| 1. | the hind part of the body of an animal, as the hindquarters of a quadruped or sacral region of a bird. |
| 2. | a cut of beef from this part of the animal, behind the loin and above the round. |
| 3. | the buttocks. |
| 4. | the last part, esp. that which is unimportant or inferior: a rump of territory. |
| 5. | the remnant of a legislature, council, etc., after a majority of the members have resigned or been expelled. |
| 6. | the Rump, English History. Rump Parliament. |
| 7. | constituting a subsidiary or small group or the remnant of a once larger organization: Our local Shakespeare Club will hold a rump meeting at the Elizabethan Drama Teachers' convention. |
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