Strange man in society (9)
I believe the answer is:
oddfellow
'society' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'strange man' is the wordplay.
'strange' becomes 'odd' (I've seen this before).
'man' becomes 'fellow' (fellow is a kind of man).
'odd'+'fellow'='ODDFELLOW'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oddfellow that I've seen before include "one of a fraternity" , "Member of friendly society (funny chap!)" , "member of secret society" , "Member of fraternity" , "fraternal member" .)