WASP

(PERSON), Wasp [noun] [C] [esp. US] [disapproving] - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (= a white American whose family originally came from northern Europe, and is therefore part of a group often considered the most influential and wealthy in American society)My mother comes from an old WASP family which has been in this country for 350 years.The dominance of the WASP is far from over and newer Americans often tend to adopt the manners of the old.