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High-ranking bureaucrat's language (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mandarin

This clue is a double definition.

'high-ranking bureaucrat's' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)

'language' is the second definition.
(Mandarin is an example)

(Other definitions for mandarin that I've seen before include "Fruity" , "Top civil servant" , "Language formerly used by educated Chinese, or a kind of orange" , "Chinese language; fruit" , "Asiatic duck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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