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The Rump Parliament was the English Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride had commanded his soldiers, on 6 December 1648, to purge the Long Parliament of members against the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason.
"Rump" normally means the hind end or backside of a mammal; its use meaning "remnant" was first recorded in the above context in English in 1649.[a]
- ^ "rump". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
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