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Mean lass confused one taking orders (8)

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I believe the answer is:

salesman

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'one taking orders' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'mean lass confused' is the wordplay.
'confused' is an anagram indicator.
'mean'+'lass'='meanlass'
'meanlass' with letters rearranged gives 'SALESMAN'.

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(Other definitions for salesman that I've seen before include "One selling goods" , "Male shop worker" , "He's a vendor" , "Fermented honey drink" , "Slam Sean badly for his selling" .)

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