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Bossily, he gives a chap a shouted warning (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foreman

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'bossily he gives a chap a shouted warning' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'bossily he' is the wordplay.
'bossily' becomes 'fore' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'he' becomes 'man' (I've seen this in another clue).
'fore'+'man'='FOREMAN'

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(Other definitions for foreman that I've seen before include "Supervising worker" , "Male supervisor" , "Fellow in charge" , "Charge hand" , "spokesman" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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