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Secret serviceman (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

private

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'secret' is the first definition.
(I know that secret can be written as private)

'serviceman' is the second definition.
(private is a kind of serviceman)

(Other definitions for private that I've seen before include "Personal or secret" , "Lowly soldier" , "(Of a place) secluded" , "Secret, not public" , "Lowest rank in the army" .)

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