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Aristo with unusual male name? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nobleman

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'name?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'aristo with unusual male' is the wordplay.
'aristo' becomes 'noble' (an aristocrat).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'unusual male' becomes 'man' (man is a kind of male. I am not sure about the 'unusual' bit.).
'noble'+'man'='NOBLEMAN'

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(Other definitions for nobleman that I've seen before include "Member of the aristocracy" , "I have a title" , "Member of peerage" , "Male aristocrat" , "Peer (of realm)" .)

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