"goddam" meaning in English

See goddam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} goddam
  1. (uncommon) Alternative spelling of goddamn Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Alternative form of: goddamn
    Sense id: en-goddam-en-intj-qTKndtcB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: goddams [plural]
Etymology: From French goddam (“English person”), from English goddamn. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|goddam||English person}} French goddam (“English person”), {{der|en|en|goddamn}} English goddamn Head templates: {{en-noun}} goddam (plural goddams)
  1. (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. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-goddam-en-noun-ev4Hapfb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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