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I believe the answer is:

raleigh

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'elizabethan' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for raleigh that I've seen before include "Elizabethan explorer" , "old naval hero" , "Did he fetch tobacco" , "English explorer" , "Sir Walter, favourite of Elizabeth I" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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