Proper noun
The Few
(historical) The British and Allied fighter pilots during the Battle of Britain in World War II.
1916 Ladies' Home Journal version of the famous ad by Helen Lansdowne Resor of the J. Walter Thompson Agency At the turn of the 20th century, there were few career choices for women in business; however, advertising was one of the few. Source: Internet
Abercromby tried to move rapidly against the few French defenders, opting to forgo field cannon and relying instead on the numerical superiority of his 16,000 troops. Source: Internet
Access to public lands is one of the few things that kept me sane after returning to civilian life. Source: Internet
A blooming lotus flower is one of the few flowers that simultaneously carries seeds inside itself while it blooms. Source: Internet
Abramovich (1900–1985), a friend of Smilga's, was one of the few Trotskyists who survived the Great Purges and returned from Stalin's camps in the late 1950s. Source: Internet
"A British reader of Time or Newsweek would note distinctly American expressions only a few times on any page, matching the few distinctly British expressions an American reader of The Economist would note." Source: Internet