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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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
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
Gone is the obsequious muzhik whose manners were formed by centuries of serfdom.
From Time Magazine Archive
Patiently and methodically he polished the rough muzhik regiments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Toward a muzhik, maybe, I wouldn't want to act that way.
From Mother by Gorky, Maksim
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