Muzhik

Word MUZHIK
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What do we mean by muzhik?

A Russian peasant. noun

A Russian peasant. Also written mujik, moujik. noun

Alternative spelling of mujik. noun

A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917) noun

A (male) peasant, especially in pre-revolutionary (imperial) Russia.

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The word "muzhik" in example sentences

A muzhik is a Russian peasant; the word occurs often in the stories of Isaac Babel, which Carver greatly admired. ❋ Carol Sklenicka (2009)

The muzhik is a very matter-of-fact practical person, totally incapable of understanding what ❋ Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1880)

Some found it strange that this muzhik from the Urals, this construction foreman, would be the one to bring democracy to Russia. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

Writers of this era [...] described the native as a robust youth with "gentile" characteristics, a kind of Jewish muzhik, or Russian peasant -- strapping, self-confident, and strong-spirited, as opposed to the stereotypical Diaspora Jew, who was pale, servile, and cowardly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

- Vladi­mir Putin heralding Leonardo DiCaprio as a nastoyachshi muzhik for daring to fly on to the Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg this week after his first flight got turned back to NYC when an engine blew out and his second, on a private jet, had to land in Finland because of heavy winds. ❋ The Reliable Source (2010)

She asks him about his day and strips out of her remaining clothes, ravenously eats cocktail nuts, and calls her husband “my little muzhik.” ❋ Carol Sklenicka (2009)

She remembered palatial estates and obedient muzhik serfs. ❋ Dan Gordon (2008)

"He has proved he is a genuine muzhik [a real man]," says Aleksandr Oslon, head of the Public Opinion Foundation, a polling group in Moscow. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A total muzhik, nonetheless, he was laid-back, rather than suspicious and envious, the traditional landed Russian's characteristics. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

In order to learn the secret of the inward peace of the muzhik, he began to copy his outward dress. ❋ MICHAEL KNOX BERAN (2007)

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