Philosophical German soldier supporting King (4)
I believe the answer is:
kant
'philosophical german' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'soldier supporting king' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'ant' (soldier ant is a type of ant).
'supporting' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'king' becomes 'k' (chess abbreviation).
'ant' after 'k' is 'KANT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kant that I've seen before include "Immanuel --, German philosopher" , "Idealist" .)