Patriot making a register, putting people first (11)
I believe the answer is:
nationalist
'patriot' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'a register putting people first' is the wordplay.
'register' becomes 'list' (listing is a kind of registering).
'putting people' becomes 'nation' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'first' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a'+'list'='alist'
'alist' after 'nation' is 'NATIONALIST'.
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nationalist that I've seen before include "extreme politician" , "Chauvinist" , "advocator of independence?" , "Extreme patriot" .)