Tyrant musician going after sailor like this (10)
I believe the answer is:
absolutist
'tyrant' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'musician going after sailor like this' is the wordplay.
'musician' becomes 'lutist' (I've seen this before).
'going after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'like this' becomes 'so' ('like so').
'ab'+'so'='abso'
'lutist' after 'abso' is 'ABSOLUTIST'.
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