'Brother', said chippy cooker (5)
I believe the answer is:
friar
'brother' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for friar that I've seen before include "Member of one of the four mendicant orders" , "Monk perhaps" , "..... Tuck was one of Robin Hood's men" , "Mendicant monk" , "Mendicant priest" .)