Girl straddles a horse belonging to James (8)
I believe the answer is:
jacobean
'girl' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'straddles a horse belonging to james' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
'horse' could be 'cob' (type of horse) and 'cob' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jacobean that I've seen before include "From the time of James I" , "of Scottish king" , "Of period when James I reigned" , "Early Seventeenth-century" , "Relating to James I's era" .)