Historic linen weaver (5)
I believe the answer is:
lenin
'weaver' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'historic linen' is the wordplay.
'linen' can be anagrammed to 'LENIN'.
However, I am unsure how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lenin that I've seen before include "First premier of the Soviet Union, d. 1924" , "Linen for Communist" , "Head of the Communist state after the fall of the Tsar" , "Vladimir Ilyich -, Soviet premier" , "Soviet Union's first premier" .)