Greek bronze found after sailors docked (6)
I believe the answer is:
cretan
'greek' is the definition.
(someone from the Greek island of Crete)
'bronze found after sailors docked' is the wordplay.
'bronze' becomes 'tan' (both can mean to get a sun tan).
'found after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sailors' becomes 'crew' (as in a ship's crew).
'docked' means to remove the last letter (to dock can mean to remove the tail of an animal).
'crew' with its final letter removed is 'cre'.
'tan' put after 'cre' is 'CRETAN'.
(Other definitions for cretan that I've seen before include "Native of a large Greek island" , "A Mediterranean islander" , "From Greece" , "Inhabitant of a large Greek island" , "One from Greece's largest island" .)