Deign to sound a foreigner (4)

I believe the answer is:

dane

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'a foreigner' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'deign to sound' is the wordplay.
'to sound' shows a homophone (sound like).
'deign' is a homophone of 'DANE'.

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(Other definitions for dane that I've seen before include "Scandinavian" , "Hamlet -- as described by 12 [GLOOMY]" , "Eg, Copenhagen native" , "Person from Copenhagen" , "Hamlet, say" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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