Person who took animals to market, dog behind back of herd (6)
I believe the answer is:
drover
'person who took animals to market' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'dog behind back of herd' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'rover' (Rover is a common name for a pet dog).
'behind' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'back of' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'herd' is 'd'.
'rover' put after 'd' is 'DROVER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drover that I've seen before include "Rural worker" , "Hugh the --, opera by Vaughan Williams" , "Herdsman" , "Herder of cattle" , "I bring along many animals" .)