muzhik

[ moo-zhik, moo-zhik ]

/ muˈʒɪk, ˈmu ʒɪk /

a Russian peasant.

Origin of muzhik

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

muu-muu, muumuu, muxe, muybridge, muzak, muzhik, muzorewa, muztag, muztagata, muzz, muzzle

It is only when the muzhik comes in contact with authorities that he shows himself an expert fabricator of falsehoods.

Russia |Donald Mackenzie Wallace
This is the land where a muzhik is as good as a prince of the blood!

Short Stories of the New America |Various
In other respects they resemble very closely the ordinary peasant, or muzhik.

Tramping with Tramps |Josiah Flynt
The muzhik turned a deaf ear to their instigations, and the police soon prevented their further activity.

Russia |Donald Mackenzie Wallace

It will be a violent stifling of her voice in my heart, but the call of the muzhik rings clear, compelling.

Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist |Alexander Berkman

muzhik

/ (ˈmuːʒɪk) /

a Russian peasant, esp under the tsars

C16: from Russian: peasant