The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SIGNORE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result SIGNORE
- Gentleman of Verona taking end of clothes brush aside
- Society to take no notice of Italian man’s title
- Miss married to small man from Italy
- Possibly ignores an Italian man’s entitlement
- Title used to address a man in Italian, Greek and Latin regions
- After start of summer, disregard Italian gentleman
- Italian gent and head of Spain pay no attention
- In the end, directors snub Italian females
- Close to tears, disregard Italian ladies
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The straight part
We know that "Italian females" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case italian females = signore.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SIGNORE mean?
SIGNORE noun- A courtesy title for a man of Italian origin.