Nice without large yokel (7)
I believe the answer is:
peasant
'yokel' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'nice without large' is the wordplay.
'nice' becomes 'pleasant' ('pleasant' is associated in meaning with 'nice').
'without' suggests deleting specific letters.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'pleasant' with 'l' taken away is 'PEASANT'.
(Other definitions for peasant that I've seen before include "Revolting person" , "Member of rural underclass" , "rude fellow" , "Lowly 20 worker" , "Poor smallholder" .)