Definition of "muzhik" [muzhik]

• A Russian peasant. (noun)

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• "A muzhik is a Russian peasant; the word occurs often in the stories of Isaac Babel, which Carver greatly admired."
• "The muzhik is a very matter-of-fact practical person, totally incapable of understanding what"
• "Some found it strange that this muzhik from the Urals, this construction foreman, would be the one to bring democracy to Russia."