Statement about Senoritas (9)

I believe the answer is:

assertion

'statement' is the definition.
(I know that statement can be written as assertion)

'about senoritas' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'senoritas' anagrammed gives 'ASSERTION'.

(Other definitions for assertion that I've seen before include "Confident statement of fact" , "Claim" , "Notarises (anag)" , "Confident declaration" , "Emphatic declaration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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