What is another word for muzhik?

Pronunciation: [mˈʌʒɪk] (IPA)

Muzhik is a Russian term used to denote a peasant or a rural worker. Some possible synonyms for this term could include serf, farmer, crofter, rural laborer, agricultural worker, countryman, rustic, or peasant. Each of these words conveys a slightly different connotation or implication, but all of them reference a person who works on the land and is often associated with a simpler, more traditional way of life. By choosing different synonyms for muzhik, writers and speakers can adjust the tone and style of their language to better match the context and intended audience.

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Usage examples for Muzhik

But a survey of the situation found upon his return made him realize that nothing could be done for the "muzhik" without systematic education: therefore, in order to prepare himself for efficacious work as a teacher, he spent some further time abroad for special study, in 1859. After that, the educational labor was taken up in full earnest.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller
In other stories, again, the deep-seated piety of the muzhik, and his patriarchal simplicity of heart are portrayed.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller
Now there are many discreditable stories in circulation about the muzhik lord of Yasnaya Polyana.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller

Famous quotes with Muzhik

  • A change had indeed been brought by the emancipation of the serfs, but there was little outward sign of it. The muzhik remained, to all appearance, what he was before: in fact, as our train drew into St. Petersburg, the peasants, with their sheepskin caftans, cropped hair, and stupid faces, brought back the old impressions so vividly that I seemed not to have been absent a week. The old atmosphere of repression was evident everywhere. I had begun my experience of it under Nicholas I, had seen a more liberal policy under Alexander II, but now found a recurrence of reaction, and everywhere a pressure which deadened all efforts at initiating a better condition of things.
    Andrew Dickson White

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