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Word: Downtrod
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 16th century; earliest use found in William Shakespeare (1564–1616), playwright and poet. From down- + trod, after to tread down and downtread
Definition:
Kept in a position of subjection and hardship; oppressed, downtrodden.
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