1. Plural of moujik; Russian peasants, especially serfs or agricultural laborers in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Usage: historical; also spelled muzhik or mujik

Examples

• The moujiks worked the land for the nobility during the feudal period in Russia.
• Tolstoy's novels often depicted the lives of moujiks in rural Russia.
• The emancipation of the moujiks in 1861 marked a significant change in Russian society.
• Many moujiks were bound to the estates where they labored.
• The hardships faced by moujiks were a central theme in Russian literature.