Weapon of Persian male, maybe a belligerent sort (8)
I believe the answer is:
tomahawk
'weapon' is the definition.
(I know that tomahawk is a type of weapon)
'persian male maybe a belligerent sort' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'male' could be 'tom' (tom can mean a male cat) and 'tom' is present in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hawk' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tomahawk that I've seen before include "Native American fighting axe" , "Battle-axe" , "Amerindian hatchet" , "Native American war-axe" , "War hatchet once wielded by native Americans" .)