dago

[dey-goh]

noun, plural da·gos, da·goes. (often initial capital letter) Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of Italian or sometimes Spanish origin or descent.

Origin of dago

1715–25, Americanism; alteration of Diego < Spanish: a given name

Dagö

[dahg-œ]

noun

Danish name of Hiiumaa.

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Examples from the Web for dagos

Historical Examples of dagos

That's my little dodge, boiling water for these Dagos, if they come.
Romance
Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
On this day a mob had been chasing the Dagos, and had at length captured one.
Whispering Smith
Frank H. Spearman
She laughed merrily; "they live where the Dagos live, in Italy, yer know, and—"
Flamsted quarries
Mary E. Waller
There are others who are entitled to as good a chance as the Dagos, and they must have it.
In Search of El Dorado
Harry Collingwood
Quite a few of the Dagos had knives, and Jernyngham had a sword.
Prescott of Saskatchewan
Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for dagos

dago

noun plural -gos or -goes

derogatory a member of a Latin race, esp a Spaniard or Portuguese

Word Origin for dago

C19: alteration of Diego, a common Spanish name

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Word Origin and History for dagos

dago

1823, from Spanish Diego "James." Originally used of Spanish or Portuguese sailors on English or American ships; by 1900 it had broadened to include non-sailors and shifted to mean chiefly "Italian." James the Greater is the patron saint of Spain, and Diego as generic for "a Spaniard" is attested from 1610s.