Commander-in-chief of the British forces in France during the First World War (4)
I believe the answer is:
haig
'world war' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'commander-in-chief of the british forces in france during the first' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'first' could be 'i' (I in Roman numerals eg Elizabeth I) and 'i' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hag' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for haig that I've seen before include "Douglas -, field marshal" , "WWI C-in-C" , "British World War One field marshal" , "Earl -; British WW 1 commander-in-chief" .)