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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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
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
Xikita Khrushchev, the muzhik with the mostest. was acting like a champion who has dusted off the challenger.
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In other stories, again, the deep-seated piety of the muzhik, and his patriarchal simplicity of heart are portrayed.
From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto
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