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Position right for military leader (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

officer

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'military leader' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'position right' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'position' could be 'office' (synonyms) and 'office' is found within the answer.
'right' could be 'r' (abbreviation) and 'r' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for officer that I've seen before include "In the army, he's commissioned" , "Member of police force" , "Person appointed to position of responsibility" , "Possibly a major" , "Person with commission in armed services" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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