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In a manner of speaking, worker lives in a castle traditionally (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

englishman

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'lives in a castle traditionally' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'in a manner of speaking worker' is the wordplay.
'in a manner of speaking' becomes 'english' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'worker' becomes 'man' (man is a kind of worker).
'english'+'man'='ENGLISHMAN'

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(Other definitions for englishman that I've seen before include "who lives in castle?" , "Native" , "Bennett's abroad (Burgess)" , "For example, Ralph Rackstraw" , "E.g. Coward's idiot at 12" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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