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Operatic man travelling about Lincoln? (11)

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I believe the answer is:

emancipator

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'lincoln?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'operatic man travelling' is the wordplay.
'travelling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'operatic'+'man'='operaticman'
'operaticman' anagrammed gives 'EMANCIPATOR'.

'about' is the link.

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(Other definitions for emancipator that I've seen before include "One who sets free from slavery" , "such as Abraham Lincoln?" , "He makes free" , "Lincoln, say?" , "One making free" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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