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English
Etymology 1
From French goddam (“English person”), from English goddamn.
Noun
goddam (plural goddams)
- (Gallicism, chiefly in the plural) An English person, from the perspective of a French person or in the context of French history, originating during the Hundred Years' War.
1991, Philip George Hill, Our Dramatic Heritage: Reactions to realism, page 90:That is why the goddams will take Orleans. And you cannot stop them, nor ten thousand like you.
Etymology 2
Interjection
goddam
- (uncommon) Alternative spelling of goddamn
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from English goddamn, in reference to the English propensity for swearing. Originally used in the Hundred Years War.
Pronunciation
Noun
goddam m (plural goddams)
- (chiefly in the plural, ethnic slur) an English person
1932, Thierry Sandre, Le corsaire Pellot qui courut pour le roi, page 81:Ah! ah! dit-il en riant, il serait digne d’un goddam, si les goddams savaient tirer si droit.- Ah! ah! he laughed, he would be worthy of an Englishman, if the Englishmen knew how to shoot so straight.
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