A tramp I trained, inspired by old fellow, qualified (11)
I believe the answer is:
comparative
'qualified' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'a tramp i trained inspired by old fellow' is the wordplay.
'trained' indicates an anagram (train can mean to shape or manipulate).
'inspired by' is an insertion indicator (some letters breathed in or 'inspired' by others).
'old fellow' becomes 'cove' (old-fashioned slang term).
'a'+'tramp'+'i'='atrampi'
'atrampi' with letters rearranged gives 'mparati'.
'mparati' going within 'cove' is 'COMPARATIVE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for comparative that I've seen before include "Relative" , "that may have more" , "it could be better" .)