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Shunned revolutionary soldier not a communist (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ignored

'shunned' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'revolutionary soldier not a communist' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' says the letters should be written backwards.
'soldier' becomes 'gi' (government issue or general issue).
'not a communist' becomes 'nored'.
'gi' in reverse letter order is 'ig'.
'ig'+'nored'='IGNORED'

(Other definitions for ignored that I've seen before include "Paid no heed" , "Turned a blind eye to" , "Passed over" , "Snubbed" , "Paid no attention to" .)

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