muzhik

muzhik
/mooh zhik", mooh"zhik/, n.
a Russian peasant.
Also, moujik, mujik, muzjik.
[1560-70; < Russ muzhík, equiv. to muzh husband, man (OCS mozi, akin to MAN1) + -ik dim. suffix]

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