Cryptic crossword clue
Former president’s protective of society people 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PERSONS

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We know that "people" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case people = persons.
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What does PERSONS mean?

PERSONS noun
  1. An individual; usually a human being.
  2. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
  3. Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
  4. The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
  5. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he or she is speaking. See grammatical person.
  6. A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
PERSONS verb
  1. To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
  2. (gender-neutral) To man.

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