Polish leader of uhlans travelling by train (8)
I believe the answer is:
urbanity
'polish' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'leader of uhlans travelling by train' is the wordplay.
'leader of' suggests taking the first letters.
'travelling' indicates anagramming the letters.
The initial letter of 'uhlans' is 'u'.
'by'+'train'='bytrain'
'bytrain' anagrammed gives 'rbanity'.
'u'+'rbanity'='URBANITY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for urbanity that I've seen before include "Elegance and sophistication - of city dweller?" , "Elegance or sophistication in appearance" , "showing sophistication" , "Refined quality - but rainy (anag)" , "Suave nature" .)