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muzhik

[ UK /mˈʌʒɪk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)

How To Use muzhik In A Sentence

  • The muzhik is a very matter-of-fact practical person, totally incapable of understanding what Russia
  • - 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. Quoted: Vladimir Putin on Leo DiCaprio, a total 'nastoyachshi muzhik'
  • 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. David Shasha: What Israel Means to Me
  • 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. David Shasha: What Israel Means to Me
  • Some found it strange that this muzhik from the Urals, this construction foreman, would be the one to bring democracy to Russia. The Return
  • Fiery Magyars, mechanical Teutons and stolid muzhiks mixed together in an indescribable hellbroth of combative fury and destructive passion. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes
  • A muzhik is a Russian peasant; the word occurs often in the stories of Isaac Babel, which Carver greatly admired. Raymond Carver
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