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A woman from Cape Horn? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

chaperon

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'a woman' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'from cape horn?' is the wordplay.
'from' is an anagram indicator (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'cape'+'horn'='capehorn'
'capehorn' with letters rearranged gives 'CHAPERON'.

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(Other definitions for chaperon that I've seen before include "Accompany and look after" , "Girl minder from Cape Horn" , "One accompanies the vulnerable" , "One accompanies and looks after another person or group" , "One who accompanies and supervises" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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