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Revolutionary or reasonable man (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rook

'man' is the definition.
(man can mean a chess piece)

'revolutionary or reasonable' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'reasonable' becomes 'ok'.
'or' backwards is 'ro'.
'ro'+'ok'='ROOK'

(Other definitions for rook that I've seen before include "flier" , "Fleece - bird" , "Bird; playing piece" , "Gregarious black bird" , "Ringing in the ears" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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