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African lion disturbed an American (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

californian

'an american' is the definition.
(Californian is an example)

'african lion disturbed' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' indicates anagramming the letters (the order of letters is disturbed).
'african'+'lion'='africanlion'
'africanlion' anagrammed gives 'CALIFORNIAN'.

(Other definitions for californian that I've seen before include "Western state" , "from part of America" , "Of an American state" , "like Zinfandel?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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