The Sage of Concord (7)
I believe the answer is:
emerson
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">the sage of concord</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for emerson that I've seen before include "Individualist" , "American author, 1803-82" , "American poet and philosopher, d. 1882" , "--, Lake and Palmer, rock group" , "Ralph Waldo . . ., 19th century American philosopher and poet" .)