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He represents a male following (5)

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I believe the answer is:

agent

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'he represents' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'a male following' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'gent' (gent is a kind of male).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a'+'gent'='AGENT'

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(Other definitions for agent that I've seen before include "One may be working" , "Middleman" , "Spy; representative" , "Person who does business on behalf of another" , "One does business on behalf of another" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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