Healthy bachelor meeting socialist, polite (8)
I believe the answer is:
wellbred
'polite' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives can occasionally mean the same thing.
'healthy bachelor meeting socialist' is the wordplay.
'healthy' becomes 'well' (associated in meaning).
'bachelor' becomes 'B' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'meeting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'socialist' becomes 'red' (red can informally mean a socialist).
'well'+'b'+'red'='WELLBRED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for wellbred that I've seen is " Educated in good manners".)