Accommodating people, like an initially powerless political leader (11)
I believe the answer is:
residential
'accommodating' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for residential that I've seen before include "Designed for living in" , "living accommodation" , "suitable for housing" , "End listeria (anag.)" , "for dwelling" .)