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Title-holder vets cousins in need of training (11)

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I believe the answer is:

viscountess

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'title-holder' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'vets cousins in need of training' is the wordplay.
'in need of training' indicates an anagram.
'vets'+'cousins'='vetscousins'
'vetscousins' anagrammed gives 'VISCOUNTESS'.

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(Other definitions for viscountess that I've seen before include "aristocrat" , "Noblewoman" , "title for women" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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