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Landowner seen, hide daughter (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

laird

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'landowner' is the definition.
(Scottish term for a landowner)

'hide daughter' is the wordplay.
'hide' becomes 'lair' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'lair'+'d'='LAIRD'

'seen' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for laird that I've seen before include "Big landowner" , "Scottish squire" , "Scottish estate-owner" , "Scottish owner of large estate" , "Scots estate owner" .)

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