Get Croat gyrating for rural resident (8)
I believe the answer is:
cottager
'rural resident' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'get croat gyrating' is the wordplay.
'gyrating' indicates an anagram (letters dance or gyrate around).
'get'+'croat'='getcroat'
'getcroat' is an anagram of 'COTTAGER'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cottager that I've seen before include "Inhabitant of small simple house in the country" , "Tenant perhaps" , "Country dweller" , "One living in a small house" , "country-dweller" .)