One who might have fought with pride? (9)
I believe the answer is:
gladiator
'one who might have fought with pride?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
This is all the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gladiator that I've seen before include "Circus performer" , "Gold tiara (anag.)" , "One trained to fight in Roman arenas" , "Roman arena fighter" , "Roman arena combatant" .)