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One putting up with English vicar (7)

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I believe the answer is:

erector

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'one putting up' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'with english vicar' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'vicar' becomes 'rector' (I've seen this before).
'e' put next to 'rector' is 'ERECTOR'.

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(Other definitions for erector that I've seen before include "Muscle" , "puts things up" , "One who puts (something) up" , "Builder" , "The individual raising" .)

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