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Showing your hand to him will reveal your character (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

graphologist

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This might be a double definition.

'showing your hand to him will reveal your' is the first definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'character' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

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(Another definition for graphologist that I've seen is " Handwriting studier".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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