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Definition of Downtrod
1. a. Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.
Definition of Downtrod
1. Verb. oppress, suppress, exploit, persecute, step down on; put down; denigrate, subjugate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downtrod
1. oppressed [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downtrod
Literary usage of Downtrod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"They cast the dignity of man from their downtrod selves upon the shoulders of a
hero, and will perish to add one drop of blood to make that great heart beat ..."
2. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"They cast the dignity of man from their downtrod selves upon the shoulders of a
hero, and will perish to add one drop of blood to make that great heart beat ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1887)
"Sir, I must ask you — is he not the frien' of the poor and downtrod ? " The visitor's
smile quite disappeared. He said: " Oh ! ..."
4. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1900)
"... have been permitted to witness plays wherein the slave was freed, wherein the
oppressed became the victor, and where the downtrod- • den rose supreme. ..."
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