remnant
noun
[ ˈrɛmnənt ]
• a part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed.
• "the bogs are an endangered remnant of a primeval landscape"
Similar:
remains,
remainder,
leftovers,
leavings,
residue,
rest,
stub,
butt,
end,
tail end,
dregs,
lees,
residuum,
• a small minority of people who will remain faithful to God and so be saved (in allusion to biblical prophecies concerning Israel).
• "if any one ceases to be a witness, he ceases to be one of the remnant"
remnant
adjective
• remaining.
• "remnant strands of hair"
Origin:
Middle English: contraction of obsolete remenant from Old French remenant, from remenoir, remanoir ‘remain’.
