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Surprisingly leave rich knight (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chevalier

'knight' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'surprisingly leave rich' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'leave'+'rich'='leaverich'
'leaverich' with letters rearranged gives 'CHEVALIER'.

(Other definitions for chevalier that I've seen before include "noble rider?" , "novelist" , "courteous type" , "order of merit" , "Each viler than the strange knight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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