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

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muzhik

Gone is the obsequious muzhik whose manners were formed by centuries of serfdom.

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

Xikita Khrushchev, the muzhik with the mostest. was acting like a champion who has dusted off the challenger.

From Time Magazine Archive

Short-story fans and admirers of Anton Chekhov should be as happy these days as a muzhik over a bowl of borsch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many men entered, making a loud noise with their boots—first a police official, then another, then a detective in gold-rimmed spectacles, a house-porter, another house-porter, a muzhik, a policeman, another muzhik, another house-porter.

From The Created Legend by John Cournos