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Maiden in bed with eastern philosopher (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

comte

'philosopher' is the definition.
(I know that Comte is a philosopher)

'maiden in bed with eastern' is the wordplay.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a type of bed).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'm' inserted inside 'cot' is 'comt'.
'comt'+'e'='COMTE'

(Other definitions for comte that I've seen before include "French nobleman" , "Foreign nobleman" , "Philosopher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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