Woman abroad giving father gold (4)
I believe the answer is:
frau
'woman abroad' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'giving father gold' is the wordplay.
'giving' says to put letters next to each other.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'fr' put next to 'au' is 'FRAU'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for frau that I've seen before include "German title for a woman" , "Address for an adult German woman" , "Married German-speaking woman" , "Foreign woman" , "Mrs in Germany" .)