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Former European bacteriologist (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pasteur

'bacteriologist' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'former european' is the wordplay.
'former' becomes 'past' (similar in meaning).
'european' becomes 'Eur' (abbreviation for European).
'past'+'eur'='PASTEUR'

(Other definitions for pasteur that I've seen before include "Louis -, nineteenth century French chemist" , "He developed the partial sterilization of milk" , "Famous bacteriologist" , "Louis --, French bacteriologist" , "French chemist and biologist, d. 1895" .)

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