A father. one getting about a continent (6)
I believe the answer is:
africa
'continent' is the definition.
(Africa is an example)
'a father one getting about a' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'about' becomes 'c' (circa).
'a'+'fr'+'i'+'c'+'a'='AFRICA'
(Other definitions for africa that I've seen before include "Out of -, novel by Karen Blixen (filmed)" , "Continent for 21 Down" , "Second largest continent" , "The CIA and RAF are found on the continent" , "Location of 14 downb" .)