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moujik

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mou⋅jik

  [moo-zhik, moo-zhik]
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–noun
muzhik.

mu⋅zhik

  [moo-zhik, moo-zhik]
–noun
a Russian peasant.
Also, moujik, mujik, mu⋅zjik.

Origin:
1560–70; < Russ muzhík, equiv. to muzh husband, man (OCS mǫžĭ, akin to man 1 ) + -ik dim. suffix
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mou·jik   (mōō-zhēk', -zhĭk')   
n.  Variant of muzhik.
mu·zhik also mou·jik or mu·jik or mu·zjik   (mōō-zhēk', -zhĭk')   
n.  A Russian peasant.

[Russian, from muzh, man; see man-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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