Powerful Florentines get me defeated here in Paris (6)
I believe the answer is:
medici
'powerful florentines get me defeated here in paris' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'get me defeated here in paris' is the wordplay.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'defeated' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'here in paris' becomes 'ici' ('here' in French).
'me' put next to 'd' is 'med'.
'med'+'ici'='MEDICI'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for medici that I've seen before include "Powerful old Italian family" , "Name of powerful Florentine family in 15th-17th centuries" , "Name of great Florence family in 15-17 centuries" , "Florentine ruling family" , "Famous Florentine family name" .)