State of sailor nursed by a Buddhist monk (7)
I believe the answer is:
alabama
'state' is the definition.
(Alabama is an example)
'sailor nursed by a buddhist monk' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'nursed by' is an insertion indicator.
'buddhist monk' becomes 'lama' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'lama'='alama'
'ab' put within 'alama' is 'ALABAMA'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for alabama that I've seen before include "SE US state" , "US state in the cotton belt" , "State of southeastern US" , "US state known as the Heart of Dixie" , "State of SE USA" .)