Celebrity, a man of pride (4)
I believe the answer is:
'celebrity' is the definition.
(both can mean a celebrated person)
'a man of pride' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'man' could be 'n' (knight, a man in chess) and 'n' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'li' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lion that I've seen before include "Touring rugby player" , "Wild cat" , "Courageous person" , "Carnivore" , "Important figure" .)