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Tribesman gave the doctor something to eat (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moabite

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'tribesman gave' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'doctor something to eat' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'moa' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'something to eat' becomes 'bite' (a bite to eat).
'moa'+'bite'='MOABITE'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for moabite that I've seen before include "Old Jordanian" , "of ancient kingdom" , "old man of Jordan" , "person such as Ruth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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