Male with skill and courage (5)
I believe the answer is:
heart
'courage' is the definition.
(heart is a kind of courage)
'male with skill' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'he'.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'skill' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
'he'+'art'='HEART'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for heart that I've seen before include "Red card" , "Earth (anag) -- compassion" , "Playing card - pity" , "Crux" , "Centre; core" .)