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Piece by Le Bon savaged, might he ask for a little respect? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nobleman

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'he ask for a little respect?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'piece by le bon savaged' is the wordplay.
'piece' becomes 'man' (man can mean a chess piece).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'savaged' is an anagram indicator (the letters are damaged or savaged).
'le'+'bon'='lebon'
'lebon' anagrammed gives 'noble'.
'man' put after 'noble' is 'NOBLEMAN'.

'might' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for nobleman that I've seen before include "Member of the aristocracy" , "I have a title" , "Titled person" , "Earl, say" , "count, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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