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Ban a revolutionary fellow in Bahrain, maybe (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arab

'fellow in bahrain maybe' is the definition.
(Bahrain is an Arab country)

'ban a revolutionary' is the wordplay.
'ban' becomes 'bar' (I've seen this before).
'revolutionary' is a reversal indicator.
'bar'+'a'='bara'
'bara' back-to-front is 'ARAB'.

(Other definitions for arab that I've seen before include "Saudi or Omani, perhaps" , "Small riding horse" , "One from the Middle East or North Africa" , "Saudi, e.g." , "Person from the Middle East, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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