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English meat and French 'appellation' (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

epithet

'appellation' is the definition.
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'english meat and french' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'meat' becomes 'pith' ('pith' can be a synonym of 'meat').
'and french' becomes 'et' ('and' in the French language).
'e'+'pith'+'et'='EPITHET'

(Other definitions for epithet that I've seen before include "Phrase expressing some quality of a person or thing" , "Tag" , "qualifier" , "Descriptive word or phrase added to a name" , "Appellation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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