He's against having royalties (10)

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republican

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'he's against having royalties' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for republican that I've seen before include "American politician" , "in foreign party" , "anti-monarchist" , "Member of US political party" , "American in party" .)

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

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