Mujik
/ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Russian (male) peasant.
"Since she had last looked at a newspaper, it appeared that the Russians had become heroes and magnificent fighters. They were no longer a rabble of ill-equipped moujiks fleeing before the Nazi hordes."
- 2 a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917) wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"Since she had last looked at a newspaper, it appeared that the Russians had become heroes and magnificent fighters. They were no longer a rabble of ill-equipped moujiks fleeing before the Nazi hordes."
Etymology
From Russian мужи́к (mužík, “peasant”).