What does WASP stand for?

Answer 1

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

Answer 2

WASP is an North American sociological term derived from an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. In practice its use has expanded beyond the strict meaning of the acronym. In use, it refers to a white person with a blue-blooded heritage (the families have been rich for several generations). It also falls into the larger category of "The Establishment". The word is frequently used in a derogatory fashion. Working class whites are usually not designated WASPs, even if they are Protestants of British descent. Alternatively WASP can stand for Wealthy Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

Use of the term WASP is growing in other English-speaking countries which were also colonized by the British. If the W is taken to indicate White, WASP is redundant, since Anglo-Saxons can only be white. But one could be White and Protestant, without being Anglo-Saxon, e.g. Welsh, Scots. Therefore WASP does serve to differentiate the very specific former religious-racial governing class of parts of the British Empire, and the inheritors of their legacy.

Answer 3

White Anglo Saxon Princess

Answer 4

White Anglo Saxon Protestant

Answer 5

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant is the historic meaning also known as Puritans.

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Answer 6

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

Answer 7

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

White, Anglo-Saxon (and) Protestant