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The first Generalissimo seems out of it? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

original

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(Other definitions for original that I've seen before include "In first form" , "Archetypal" , "Not copied or imitated" , "Not derived or copied from anything else" , "Pristine; innovative" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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