WASP
noun [C] (also Wasp) /wɒsp/
/wɑːsp/ mainly US disapprovingDefinition
› White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (= a white American whose family originally came from northern Europe, and is therefore part of a group often considered as having the most influence and the most money in American society): My mother comes from an old WASP family which has been in this country for 350 years.People of specific racial or ethnic background Waspy /ˈwɒs.pi/
/ˈwɑː.spi/ adjective (also Waspish)
/ˈwɑː.spi/ adjective (also Waspish) (Definition of WASP noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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