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Royal servant; freeholder (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yeoman

This clue is a double definition.

'royal servant' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)

'freeholder' is the second definition.
(yeoman is a kind of freeholder)

(Other definitions for yeoman that I've seen before include "Officer in the bodyguard of the British monarch" , "Farming freeholder of old" , "farmer with his own land" , "Countryman" , "(Of old) a free person cultivating his own land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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