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Honour a little man as king! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oberon

'king' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'honour a little man' is the wordplay.
'honour' becomes 'obe' (Order of the British Empire award).
'a little man' becomes 'Ron' (short for Ronald).
'obe'+'ron'='OBERON'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for oberon that I've seen before include "Titania's husband" , "...[IN DREAM] with king" , "Moon" , "King of the fairies (AMND)" , "Shakespeare's fairy king" .)

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