moujik

/'mu:ʤik/ Cách viết khác : (muzhik) /'mu:ʤik/

Thân thiện

A moujik plows a field with a horse-drawn wooden plow.

Definition

Noun: A moujik is a Russian peasant, particularly one who lived and worked under the feudal system before the Russian Revolution of 1917. The term refers to a member of the rural, agricultural class in historical Russia.

Usage

The word is used in historical and cultural contexts to describe the traditional peasantry of Russia. * The novel depicts the hard life of a moujik in the 19th century. * Before the revolution, the moujik was often tied to the land owned by a noble.

Advanced Usage

• The term moujik can carry connotations of a simple, rustic, or uneducated lifestyle as perceived from an outside or historical viewpoint.
  • The aristocrats viewed the moujik with a mixture of pity and disdain.

Variants and Related Words

• Muzhik (noun): An alternative spelling for moujik.
• Serf (noun): A more general term for a laborer bound under the feudal system to work on a lord's estate. While many Russian moujiks were serfs, the terms are not perfectly synonymous across all historical periods.

Synonyms

• Peasant (noun): A pre-industrial agricultural laborer.
• Villager (noun): An inhabitant of a village.

Antonyms

• Aristocrat (noun): A member of the nobility.
• Landowner (noun): A person who owns land, especially a large amount.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• muzhik
• mujik
• muzjik