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Old, stout businessman (8)

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I believe the answer is:

exporter

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'businessman' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'old stout' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime).
'stout' becomes 'porter' (synonyms).
'ex'+'porter'='EXPORTER'

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(Other definitions for exporter that I've seen before include "One making foreign sales" , "one sells abroad" , "trading abroad" , "one selling overseas" , "One selling abroad" .)

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