Frenchman possibly with house for a revolting person (5)
I believe the answer is:
ghoul
'a revolting person' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'frenchman possibly with house' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'house' could be 'ho' (abbreviation for house) and 'ho' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ghoul that I've seen before include "malevolent spirit" , "Evil spirit or phantom" , "Morbid type" , "Morbid voyeur" , "shade" .)