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King, troublesome fellow, acquired knowledge (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

learned

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'acquired knowledge' is the definition.
('learn' can be a synonym of 'acquire knowledge')

'king troublesome fellow' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'lear' (King Lear).
'troublesome fellow' becomes 'ned' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lear'+'ned'='LEARNED'

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(Other definitions for learned that I've seen before include "Picked up - well-read" , "Was taught" , "Highbrow" , "Gained knowledge" , "Wise, educated" .)

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