Hypertext Webster Gateway: "downtrodden"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Downtrod \Down"trod`\, Downtrodden \Down"trod`den\, a.
Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.
--Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
downtrodden
adj : wrongfully subjugated and oppressed [syn: {oppressed}, {persecuted}]
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