Revolutionary type of linen (5)

I believe the answer is:

lenin

'revolutionary' is the definition.
(I know that Lenin has the occupation revolutionary)

'type of linen' is the wordplay.
'type of' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'type' mean this).
'linen' with letters rearranged gives 'LENIN'.

(Other definitions for lenin that I've seen before include "Leader of the Russian Revolution" , "Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov" , "Head of the Communist state after the fall of the Tsar" , "Linen for Communist" , "First premier of the Soviet Union, d. 1924" .)

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

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