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Wasp Definition

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Etymology 1

From Old English wæsp.

Noun

wasp (plural wasps)

wasp
  1. Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee.
  2. A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
Translations
insect

Etymology 2

Originally an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

Noun

wasp (plural wasps)

  1. A member of the dominant American upper-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

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