Tradesman from Ryde? (4)
I believe the answer is:
dyer
'tradesman' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'from ryde?' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates an anagram (from the letters).
'ryde' anagrammed gives 'DYER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dyer that I've seen before include "Colourer of fabrics" , "Colourer (of clothes, perhaps)" , "Person who colours cloth" , "One colouring cloth" , "One who stains cloth" .)