(also WASP ) / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun
( especially NAmE , usually disapproving ) the abbreviation for 'White Anglo-Saxon Protestant' (a white American whose family originally came from northern Europe and is therefore thought to be from the most powerful section of society) :
a privileged Wasp background
For more information see the Cultural Guide
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WORD ORIGIN
1960s: acronym from white Anglo-Saxon Protestant .