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Reportedly condescend to European (4)

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I believe the answer is:

dane

'to european' is the definition.
(someone from Denmark)

'reportedly condescend' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'condescend' becomes 'deign' (synonyms).
'deign' is a homophone of 'DANE'.

(Other definitions for dane that I've seen before include "Great - - , dog" , "Eg, Copenhagen native" , "Scandinavian" , "invader once" , "European in Aden" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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