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Madonna beds German philosopher and later Roman general (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

mark antony

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

'madonna beds german philosopher and later roman' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'philosopher' could be 'kant' (Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804) and 'kant' is located in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for mark antony that I've seen before include "borrower of ears" , "classical role" , "general" , "Roman politician and lover of Cleopatra" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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