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Resident of Nazareth beheaded old British leader (7)

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I believe the answer is:

israeli

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This might be a double definition.

'resident of nazareth' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'beheaded old british leader' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for israeli that I've seen before include "Citizen of a country 'born' in 1948" , "Inhabitant of Tel Aviv, say" , "One from the Middle East" , "From Jaffa, perhaps?" , "Relating to a Mediterranean nation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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