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Bad-tempered Republican leader ejected by CO (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cabby

'bad-tempered republican leader' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'ejected by co' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'by' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cab' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for cabby that I've seen before include "Taxi-driver" , "Taxi driver" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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