British imperialism absorbs the fellow (3)
I believe the answer is:
him
'the fellow' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'british imperialism absorbs' is the wordplay.
'absorbs' indicates a hidden word.
'HIM' can be found hidden inside 'british imperialism'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for him that I've seen before include "Proper character" , "That man" , "Objective male pronoun" .)