Islanders and old volunteers hit Scotsmen? (9)
I believe the answer is:
tahitians
'islanders' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'and old volunteers hit scotsmen?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found within the answer.
'volunteers' could be 'ta' (abbreviation for Territorial Army) and 'ta' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tahitians that I've seen before include "some 16 [ISLANDER] s" , "some painted by Gauguin" , "Polynesian types" , "Islanders in the 1 ac" , "race on island" .)