Other folk provide meals for him (8)
I believe the answer is:
cannibal
'other folk provide meals for him' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'him' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'him' could be 'al' and 'al' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for cannibal that I've seen before include "Person who has someone for dinner?" , "Animal that eats its own kind" , "Anthropophagite" , "Fellow consumer" , "One with odd eating habits" .)