Learner finding stallion in French town initially (7)
I believe the answer is:
student
'learner' is the definition.
(student is a kind of learner)
'stallion in french town initially' is the wordplay.
'stallion' becomes 'stud' (stud is a kind of stallion).
'in french' becomes 'en' ('in' in French).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'town' is 't'.
'stud'+'en'+'t'='STUDENT'
'finding' is the link.
(Other definitions for student that I've seen before include "collegian" , "Learner, pupil" , "Scholar" , "Maybe fresher" , "Undergraduate maybe" .)