One of three born in Altrincham (4)

I believe the answer is:

trin

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'one of three' is the definition.
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I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Another definition for trin that I've seen is " One of three children".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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