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Language – bureaucrat (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mandarin

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">language</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(Mandarin is an example)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">bureaucrat</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that bureaucrat can be written as mandarin)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for mandarin that I've seen before include "World's most spoken language" , "top official" , "High official in imperial China and a fruit" , "Asiatic duck" , "Top civil servant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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