Senior person in Daniel Deronda (5)
I believe the answer is:
elder
'senior' is the definition.
(I know that senior can be written as elder)
'in daniel deronda' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'ELDER' is hidden within 'daniel deronda'.
'person' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elder that I've seen before include "Patriarch" , "Senior leader" , "Senior type of tree?" , "Shrub - church official" , "First-born" .)