Old-fashioned rickshaw initially boarded by English traveller (9)
I believe the answer is:
passenger
'traveller' is the definition.
(passenger is a kind of traveller)
'old-fashioned rickshaw initially boarded by english' is the wordplay.
'old-fashioned' becomes 'passe' ('passe' can be a synonym of 'old-fashioned').
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'boarded by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'english' becomes 'eng'.
The initial letter of 'rickshaw' is 'r'.
'passe'+'r'='passer'
'passer' enclosing 'eng' is 'PASSENGER'.
(Other definitions for passenger that I've seen before include "Traveller in a vehicle driven by someone else" , "Man on train" , "Dead wood" , "not contributing to other people's efforts?" , "Rider" .)