muzhik
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of muzhik
First recorded in 1560–70; from Russian muzhík, equivalent to muzh “husband, man” ( Old Church Slavonic mǫžĭ, akin to man ) + -ik diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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Patiently and methodically he polished the rough muzhik regiments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gone is the obsequious muzhik whose manners were formed by centuries of serfdom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Xikita Khrushchev, the muzhik with the mostest. was acting like a champion who has dusted off the challenger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the Moiseyev dancers before them, the Ukrainians offered ersatz folk dances�works grounded in folk traditions but theatricalized beyond anything that a wandering muzhik ever saw in a village square.
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It surprised him more than the blow of a pestle on the wall, with which, in our days, the muzhik generally drives out his intoxication for lack of fuses and powder.
From Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
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