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muzhik

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmuːʒɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mo̅o̅ zhik, mo̅o̅zhik)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mu•zhik  (mo̅o̅ zhik, mo̅o̅zhik),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a Russian peasant.
Also, moujik, mujik, mu•zjik. 
  • Russian muzhík, equivalent. to muzh husband, man (Old Church Slavonic mǫžĭ, akin to man1) + -ik diminutive suffix
  • 1560–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
muzhik, moujik, mujik /ˈmuːʒɪk/ n
  1. a Russian peasant, esp under the tsars
Etymology: 16th Century: from Russian: peasant
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