mujik

[ moo-zhik, moo-zhik ]

/ muˈʒɪk, ˈmu ʒɪk /

muzhik.

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muzhik

[ moo-zhik, moo-zhik ]

/ muˈʒɪk, ˈmu ʒɪk /

a Russian peasant.

1560–70; < Russian muzhík, equivalent to muzh husband, man (OCS mǫžĭ, akin to man¹) + -ik diminutive suffix

Happy the young Mujik who catches and marries one of them, for they make excellent wives.

The Romany Rye |George Borrow
There is surely the landmark of which the mujik spoke, and the peasant woman's dwelling cannot be far off.

The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 |Various
The Count was in prison, therefore, on the eve of his return to splendour, and his companion in captivity was Dumnoff the mujik.

A Cigarette-Maker's Romance |F. Marion Crawford
Looking at an ikon, a Russian mujik perceives the Bible incarnated in a saint's life-drama.

The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) |Nikolai Velimirovic

Next comes a great bearded Mujik, all tattered and torn—a regular grizzly bear on his hind legs, and drunk at that.

The Land of Thor |J. Ross Browne

mujik

/ (ˈmuːʒɪk) /

a variant spelling of muzhik

muzhik

/ (ˈmuːʒɪk) /

a Russian peasant, esp under the tsars

C16: from Russian: peasant