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Shakespeare character from part of Westmorland, originally (7)

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orlando

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'shakespeare character' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'part of westmorland originally' is the wordplay.
'part of' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'ORLANDO' is hidden in the letters of 'westmorland originally'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for orlando that I've seen before include "Bloom for one" , "Rosalind's lover" , "Florida resort -- Virginia Woolf novel" , "Romantic lead in "As You Like It" - the Marmalade Cat" , "Shakespeare hero - book by Virginia Woolf" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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