Though humble, he has a fortune (5)

I believe the answer is:

helot

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'though humble he has a fortune' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he has a fortune' is the wordplay.
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a fortune' becomes 'lot' (as in a person's lot in life).
'he'+'lot'='HELOT'

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(Other definitions for helot that I've seen before include "downtrodden?" , "Spartan slave" , "Hotel (anag) - serf" , "Serf of ancient Sparta" , "Spartan serf" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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