Servant allowed to follow Virginia (5)
I believe the answer is:
valet
'servant' is the definition.
(I know that valet is a type of servant)
'allowed to follow virginia' is the wordplay.
'allowed to' becomes 'let' (to let something happen is to allow it).
'follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'virginia' becomes 'va' (US state abbreviation).
'let' put after 'va' is 'VALET'.
(Other definitions for valet that I've seen before include "'No man is a hero to his . . . . .'" , "Gentleman's gentleman" , "Personal serving man" , "Personal male assistant" , "Man's personal attendant" .)