Protestant marching from mountains in state (9)
'protestant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'mountains in state' is the wordplay.
'mountains' becomes 'range' (I've seen this before).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'state' becomes 'oman' (Oman is an example**).
'range' placed within 'oman' is 'ORANGEMAN'.
'marching from' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orangeman that I've seen before include "Religious society member" , "one used to marching?" , "Member of a Protestant Irish society" , "Northern Ireland Protestant" .)
But I've got no explanation for this one! Could you help me understand?
(Other definitions for orangemen that I've seen before include "They wear sashes and march on July 12th" , "Loyalists" , "Colourful supporters of Protestantism in N Ireland" .)