Meeting fate, male serf (5)
I believe the answer is:
helot
'serf' is the definition.
('helot' can be a synonym of 'serf')
'meeting fate male' is the wordplay.
'meeting' says to put letters next to each other.
'fate' becomes 'lot' ('lot' can be a synonym of 'fate').
'male' becomes 'he' (**).
'lot' after 'he' is 'HELOT'.
(Other definitions for helot that I've seen before include "Spartan serf" , "Greek serf" , "Hotel (anag) - serf" , "One made to work" , "Spartan slave" .)