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House could be Roman (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manor

'house' is the definition.
(manor is a kind of house)

'could be roman' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates an anagram.
'roman' anagrammed gives 'MANOR'.

(Other definitions for manor that I've seen before include "house on estate" , "police area" , "patch" , "Large country house for Roman" , "Big house - police district" .)

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