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Dresses Frenchman as revolutionary (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

robespierre

'revolutionary' is the definition.
(French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre)

'dresses frenchman' is the wordplay.
'dresses' becomes 'robes' (robing is a kind of dressing).
'frenchman' becomes 'pierre' (common French name).
'robes'+'pierre'='ROBESPIERRE'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for robespierre that I've seen before include "old revolutionary" , "French revolutionary who was guillotined" , "leading figure in French history" , "French Jacobin leader, guillotined in 1794" , "Revolutionary leader" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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