n.
Variant: or Wasp
Pronunciation: ' wäsp, ' wo ̇ sp
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant
Date: 1957
sometimes disparaging : an American of Northern European and especially British ancestry and of Protestant background especially : a member of the dominant and the most privileged class of people in the U.S.
– Wasp · dom \ -d ə m \ noun sometimes disparaging
– Wasp · ish \ ' wäs-pish, ' wo ̇ s- \ adjective sometimes disparaging
– Wasp · ish · ness noun sometimes disparaging
– Waspy \ -p ē \ adjective sometimes disparaging