Manservant however with the French redhead (6)
I believe the answer is:
butler
'manservant' is the definition.
(butler is a kind of manservant)
'however with the french redhead' is the wordplay.
'however' becomes 'but' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'redhead' becomes 'r' (the head/first letter of 'red').
'but'+'le'+'r'='BUTLER'
(Other definitions for butler that I've seen before include "Senior servant of a household" , "Head male servant" , "Valet" , "in charge of port?" , "Head manservant of posh household" .)