He loved Roxane (6)
I believe the answer is:
cyrano
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">he loved roxane</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for cyrano that I've seen before include "- de Bergerac, large-nosed seventeenth century French writer" , "Long-nosed hero" , "-- de Bergerac, French poet/soldier" .)