Kind of Chinese soldier, for the most part audacious (8)
I believe the answer is:
mandarin
'kind of chinese' is the definition.
'soldier for the most part audacious' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'for the most part' means to remove the last letter.
'audacious' becomes 'daring' ('daring' can be a synonym of 'audacious').
'daring' with its last letter removed is 'darin'.
'man'+'darin'='MANDARIN'
(Other definitions for mandarin that I've seen before include "Form of Chinese" , "High-ranking bureaucrat" , "World's most spoken language" , "Small orange-like fruit (from China?)" , "Asiatic duck" .)