Humble member of the baser fraternity (4)
I believe the answer is:
serf
'humble member' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'of the baser fraternity' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'SERF' is hidden in the letters of 'baser fraternity'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for serf that I've seen before include "Feudal estate worker" , "labourer with no property of his own" , "Labourer bound" , "Person required to work for a lord" , "(In the Middle Ages) someone bound to the land" .)