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Confront a western warrior (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brave

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This might be a double definition.

'confront a western' is the first definition.
'brave' can be an answer for 'confront' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'a western' bit.

'warrior' is the second definition.
(brave is a kind of warrior)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for brave that I've seen before include "Defy" , "Plucky" , "Film about William Wallace" , "Courageous, dauntless" , "Showing courage" .)

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