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A spirit shown by royal followers in battle (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agincourt

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'battle' is the definition.
(Agincourt is an example)

'a spirit shown by royal followers' is the wordplay.
'spirit' becomes 'gin' (alcoholic spirit).
'shown by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'royal followers' becomes 'court' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'gin'+'court'='AGINCOURT'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for agincourt that I've seen before include "Battle in Hundred Years' War" , "English victory in 1415" , "where Henry met Constable" , "English-French battle" , "Henry V's battle" .)

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