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Pope upset the French men (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

people

'men' is the definition.
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'pope upset the french' is the wordplay.
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'pope' is an anagram of 'peop'.
'peop'+'le'='PEOPLE'

(Other definitions for people that I've seen before include "Humans in general" , "Race - mankind" , "Persons in general" , "Humankind" , "Men, women and children" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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