Wandering Etruscan horsemen? (8)
I believe the answer is:
centaurs
'horsemen?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'wandering etruscan' is the wordplay.
'wandering' is an anagram indicator.
'etruscan' is an anagram of 'CENTAURS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for centaurs that I've seen before include "Mythical creatures, half man and half horse" , "Man-horses?" , "Fabulous beasts of Etruscan origin" , "Tan curse on the mythical creatures" , "'Mythical creatures, half-man, half-horse (8)'" .)