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WASPWASP /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ noun [countable]  - He had long sympathized with liberal causes and felt uncomfortable at the privileges his WASP background gave him.
- In your mind, select a prototypical WASP and think like him.
- It came to be controlled by a contingent of WASPs, wannabe WASPs, and social climbers.
- Rebecca asks me if I think all WASP Thanksgivings are like this one.
- The chianti for the children is a dead giveaway that this is not a WASP gathering in the suburbs.
American English (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) an American whose family was originally from northern Europe and who is therefore considered to be part of the most powerful group in society |