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An Irishman seen in racial category (5)

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I believe the answer is:

aryan

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'in racial category' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'an irishman' is the wordplay.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'irishman' becomes 'ryan' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'ryan'='ARYAN'

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(Other definitions for aryan that I've seen before include "Of hte Indo-European language family" , "Nazi ideal" , "Ancient language" , "Ancient Indo-European" , "Early Indo-European language" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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