Reportedly condescend to European (4)
I believe the answer is:
dane
'european' is the definition.
(someone from Denmark)
'reportedly condescend' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'condescend' becomes 'deign' (synonyms).
'deign' sounds like 'DANE'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for dane that I've seen before include "Great - - , dog" , "Eg, Copenhagen native" , "Scandinavian" , "invader once" , "European in Aden" .)