Poor fellow from a backward part around Minehead (5)
I believe the answer is:
tramp
'poor fellow' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a backward part around minehead' is the wordplay.
'a backward' is a reversal indicator.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'minehead' becomes 'm' (head letter of 'mine').
'part' going around 'm' is 'pmart'.
'pmart' back-to-front is 'TRAMP'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tramp that I've seen before include "Vagabond, hobo" , "Merchant ship" , "Hike" , "Down-and-out" , "sometimes harboured?" .)