Male reads about girl from Notre Dame (9)

I believe the answer is:

esmeralda

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'girl from notre dame' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'male reads about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'male'+'reads'='malereads'
'malereads' anagrammed gives 'ESMERALDA'.

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(Other definitions for esmeralda that I've seen before include "Cuban city" , "Victor's character" , "Heroine of The Hunchback of Notre Dame" , "woman, kept in a tower" , "Hugo's heroine" .)

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

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