Pauper (7)
(Other definitions for peasant that I've seen before include "One from the country" , "Lowly tiller of land" , "Poor farmworker" , "Poor rustic" , "Member of rural underclass" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pauper</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(beggar is a kind of pauper)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for beggar that I've seen before include "Solicitor" , "I ask you!" , "Pauper who solicits" , "One importuning" , "I need bread" .)