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May he win a bride for himself also! (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

best man

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'may he win a bride for himself also' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'may he' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'man' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'man' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'best' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for best man that I've seen before include "Key union facilitator r" , "Groom's friend" , "Groom's primary attendant at wedding" , "Bridegroom's friend" , "May he win!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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