Prophet's written about French nobleman as a corrupting influence (7)
I believe the answer is:
seducer
'a corrupting influence' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'prophet's written about french nobleman' is the wordplay.
'prophet' becomes 'seer' (both can mean someone who tells the future).
'written about' is an insertion indicator.
'french nobleman' becomes 'duc' ('duke' in French).
'seer' going around 'duc' is 'SEDUCER'.
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seducer that I've seen before include "Wolf" , "Rescued (anag) - Lothario" , "One who takes advantage of the opposite sex" , "Rescued by sexual tempter" , "Womaniser, libertine" .)