Mujik

//ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917) wordnet

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"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”).

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