Rural resident (8)

I believe the answer is:

cottager

(Other definitions for cottager that I've seen before include "Countryman" , "Tenant perhaps" , "country-dweller" , "Inhabitant of small simple house in the country" , "One living in a small house" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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