downtrodden

a downtrodden proletarian struggling for social justice.

I came to this job to be the voice of the downtrodden.

Instead of living for herself, she chose an existence that gave a voice to the downtrodden all around the globe.

Both groups swore to help Italy's downtrodden, albeit in different ways.

Driven mad by these stories, he fashions himself a champion for the downtrodden.

And you've done it as this friend of the downtrodden.

Oh, no. I can be downtrodden and chat at the same time.

From then on, she lived a downtrodden life until her husband died.

Jesus’s message was particularly resonant to the poor and downtrodden and pretty radical in its anti-authoritarian stance.

He became a voice for the downtrodden, a beacon of hope for those who yearned for a better future.

Defending honour, with bataireacht or other physical means, was especially important in an era when wealthy Brits controlled swathes of Ireland, leaving its working class downtrodden.