mujik

noun /ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk/

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.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Russian мужи́к (mužík, “peasant”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry mujik (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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