Boat excursion with British cleric (5)
I believe the answer is:
abbot
'cleric' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'boat excursion with british' is the wordplay.
'excursion with' indicates an anagram (letters go on a trip or excursion).
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'boat' with its letters mixed up with 'b' gives 'ABBOT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abbot that I've seen before include "friar" , "Head of religious house" , "Superior monk" , "Monastic superior" , "Monastery superior" .)