a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
"The old hymn book belonged to his family, and he remembered how his great-grandfather, an English wasp, had sung it in the chapel every Sunday."
social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
"The wasp buzzed menacingly before delivering its formidable sting."
Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
"The party felt like an old WASP enclave where everyone knew each other's family history and spoke in hushed, judgmental tones about the new neighbors."
Alternative letter-case form of WASP (“White Anglo-Saxon Protestant”)
A member of the dominant American upper-class culture: a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.