Celebrity, a man of pride (4)
I believe the answer is:
'celebrity' is the definition.
(both can mean a celebrated person)
'a man of pride' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'man' could be 'n' (knight, a man in chess) and 'n' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'li' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lion that I've seen before include "Touring rugby player" , "Wild cat" , "Courageous person" , "Carnivore" , "Important figure" .)