Piece by Le Bon savaged, might he ask for a little respect? (8)
I believe the answer is:
nobleman
'he ask for a little respect?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'piece by le bon savaged' is the wordplay.
'piece' becomes 'man' (man can mean a chess piece).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'savaged' is an anagram indicator (the letters are damaged or savaged).
'le'+'bon'='lebon'
'lebon' anagrammed gives 'noble'.
'man' put after 'noble' is 'NOBLEMAN'.
'might' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nobleman that I've seen before include "Member of the aristocracy" , "I have a title" , "Titled person" , "Earl, say" , "count, perhaps" .)