muzhik

American  

[moo-zhik, moo-zhik] / muˈʒɪk, ˈmu ʒɪk /

Or moujik,

noun

1. a Russian peasant.

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muzhik British  

/ ˈmuːʒɪk /

noun

1. a Russian peasant, esp under the tsars

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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

He is a true man of the people -- a real muzhik, as the Russians say -- who works in his own garden and loves to eat herring with boiled potatoes.

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the rough, tough muzhik Khrushchev, he is the useful Mr. Worldly-Wise of the Russian proverb who "knows where the shrimps stay in winter."

From Time Magazine Archive

When seen in his village home, it is impossible not to admire the hard-working, intelligent, patient, gentle, and sympathetic muzhik, in spite of all his faults.

From Russian Rambles by Hapgood, Isabel Florence