Europeans San Marino set free (9)

I believe the answer is:

romanians

'europeans' is the definition.
(Romanian is an example)

'san marino set free' is the wordplay.
'set free' is an anagram indicator.
'san'+'marino'='sanmarino'
'sanmarino' is an anagram of 'ROMANIANS'.

(Another definition for romanians that I've seen is " nationals".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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