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Overseer in favour of name change (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foreman

'overseer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'in favour of name change' is the wordplay.
'in favour of' becomes 'for' (I've seen this before**).
'change' is an anagram indicator.
'name' with letters rearranged gives 'eman'.
'for'+'eman'='FOREMAN'

(Other definitions for foreman that I've seen before include "Male supervisor" , "Charge hand" , "Fellow in charge" , "Supervising worker" , "Gaffer, boss" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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