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Frenchman with some children, note (4)

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rene

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'frenchman' is the definition.
(common French name)

'children note' is the wordplay.
'children' becomes 'ren' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'note' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'ren'+'e'='RENE'

'with some' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rene that I've seen before include "- Descartes, French mathematician" , "- Lalique, glass artist" , "-- Magritte, artist" .)

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