A Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)

Usage examples of muzhik.

As Goesle slowly dimmed his lights and the troupers disbanded, the muzhiks also got up and drifted toward their izba huts, with something of the air of having been finally excused from an ordeal.

Then, suddenly, there slid from under the Bridge of Kisses a bateau heaped with rutabagas and mangelwurzels, poled along by a solitary muzhik, and the ice crackled and broke as the boat plowed through it.

Whether the muzhiks were more prosperous in this area, or because a trip to the city was an occasion for dressing in their best, they were quite gaily attired.

The muzhiks still act slavish and frightened, even though they are no longer anyone's property.

But the superstitious muzhiks make up all kinds of spooky stories about malevolent fyéyat and kóbol'di to frighten themselves with.

One of the muzhiks was the rutabaga-and-mangelwurzel man Edge had seen earlier.

The muzhiks would think the imperial family overweeningly pretentious if—"