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" .)
'pauper' is the definition.
(beggar is a kind of pauper)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for beggar that I've seen before include "Solicitor" , "I ask you!" , "Pauper who solicits" , "One importuning" , "I need bread" .)