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Possibly banal name (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alban

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'name' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'possibly banal' is the wordplay.
'possibly' is an anagram indicator.
'banal' anagrammed gives 'ALBAN'.

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(Other definitions for alban that I've seen before include "Saintly type" , "First English Christian martyr" , "First British martyr, supposedly born in Verulamium" , "First Christian martyr in England" , "early martyr" .)

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