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Historically a knight, in later form, a politician (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

templar

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'historically a knight' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'in later form a politician' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'form' is an anagram indicator.
'a politician' becomes 'mp' (Member of Parliament).
'later' is an anagram of 'telar'.
'telar' enclosing 'mp' is 'TEMPLAR'.

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(Other definitions for templar that I've seen before include "Member of religious and military order" , "Crusading" , "Old Crusader Knight" , "Simon - (The Saint)" , "barrister" .)

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