French friend gets right chief (4)
I believe the answer is:
amir
'french' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'friend gets right chief' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'ami' (I've seen this before).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'chief' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'right' is 'r'.
'ami'+'r'='AMIR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amir that I've seen before include "See ruler" , "Muslim ruler" , "Moslem leader's here" , "Old ruler" .)