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Historic American Johnny (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reb

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This could be a double definition.

'historic american' is the first definition.
'Reb' can be an answer for 'american' (Reb is an example). I am not certain of the 'historic' bit.

'johnny' is the second definition.
(synonyms)

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