The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EPITHET
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result EPITHET
- Essence described by letter that backs description
- English mine with the odd descriptive term
- Shirt’s back occupied by most of succinct descriptive comment
- Essence discovered in letter backing Lackland's one
- Sobriquet of English ambassador embraced by former PM
- English PM accepting he’s “the Younger”, say
- Essence contained in letter backing Lackland’s one
- Label European article found in mine
- Descriptive term for him hit Pete badly
- European PM embracing male nickname
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The straight part
We know that "Label" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case label = epithet.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 EPITHET mean?
EPITHET noun- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
- An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
- A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
- To term; to refer to as.