Honour a little man as king! (6)
I believe the answer is:
oberon
'king' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'honour a little man' is the wordplay.
'honour' becomes 'obe' (Order of the British Empire award).
'a little man' becomes 'Ron' (short for Ronald).
'obe'+'ron'='OBERON'
'as' is the link.
(Other definitions for oberon that I've seen before include "Titania's husband" , "...[IN DREAM] with king" , "Moon" , "King of the fairies (AMND)" , "Shakespeare's fairy king" .)