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European able to give avuncular advice? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

dutchman

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'european' is the definition.
(Dutchman is an example)

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(Other definitions for dutchman that I've seen before include "Wagner composed 'The Flying ........'" , "bolster his wife" , "Accursed Wagner character" , "Wagner's seafarer" , "Rembrandt, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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