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Traitor angered English terribly (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

renegade

'traitor' is the definition.
(I know that renegade is a type of traitor)

'angered english terribly' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'angered'+'e'='angerede'
'angerede' anagrammed gives 'RENEGADE'.

(Other definitions for renegade that I've seen before include "Treacherous deserter" , "Dare Gene to become a rebel" , "Turncoat, rebel" , "Traitor" , "Rebel deserter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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