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muzhik

muzhik is the alternative spelling of mujik.

Meaning of mujik

Noun

mujik (plural mujiks or mujiki)

  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.1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 361

Forms of muzhik

pluralmuzhiks
pluralmuzhiki

Questions about muzhik

What is muzhik the alternative spelling of?
Muzhik is the alternative spelling of mujik.

Words near muzhik in the dictionary

  1. Muzawwara
  2. Muzawwarah
  3. Muzbee
  4. Muzbees
  5. Muzeina
  6. muzhik
  7. muzhiki
  8. muzhiks
  9. Muzhubee
  10. Muzhubees
  11. muzhyk

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