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Is set back by my French name (5)

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simon

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'name' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'is set back by my french' is the wordplay.
'set back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'my french' becomes 'mon' ('my' in French).
'is' in reverse letter order is 'si'.
'si'+'mon'='SIMON'

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(Other definitions for simon that I've seen before include "A simple character in nursery rhyme" , "- Bol'var, S. American liberator" , "- and Garfunkel" , "He's simple in rhyme" , "Sir -- Rattle, conductor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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