Card of a top-ranked suit (5)

I believe the answer is:

trump

(Other definitions for trump that I've seen before include "Powerful playing card" , "Valuable card" , "Trusty fellow (colloq.); ruff" , "club perhaps" , "reliable person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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