Dictator embraced by the French, after revolution - Napoleon, according to Orwell (6)
I believe the answer is:
animal
'napoleon according to orwell' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'dictator embraced by the french after revolution' is the wordplay.
'dictator' becomes 'amin' (Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator).
'embraced by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the french' becomes 'la' ('the' in French).
'after revolution' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (letters revolve back).
'amin' placed inside 'la' is 'lamina'.
'lamina' in reverse letter order is 'ANIMAL'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for animal that I've seen before include "Kind of instinct" , "Uncivilised person" , "It shares the world with vegetable and mineral" , "Such as 13 ac" , "Beast from Manila" .)