Revolutionary holding court around Gloucester? (6)
I believe the answer is:
cheese
'gloucester?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'revolutionary holding court around' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' becomes 'che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'court' becomes 'see' (both can mean to date somebody).
'around' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'see' backwards is 'ees'.
'che' placed around 'ees' is 'CHEESE'.
(Other definitions for cheese that I've seen before include "Dairy food; VIP" , "Lancashire, perhaps" , "Edam or cheddar, say" , "Solid milk product" , "Brie or Emental, say" .)