English painter dismissing the Queen’s circle (4)
I believe the answer is:
turn
'circle' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'english painter dismissing the queen's' is the wordplay.
'english painter' becomes 'turner' (I've seen this before).
'dismissing' is a deletion indicator.
'the queen' becomes 'er' (Elizabeth Regina).
'turner' with 'er' taken away is 'TURN'.
(Other definitions for turn that I've seen before include "Swing round" , "Go off - performance" , "Go - short walk" , "Revolution by runt" , "Refuse" .)