What does WASP stand for?

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant

This definition appears very rarely

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Samples in periodicals archive:

WASP, by definition, is a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

The dying days of a culture of restraint; Books and Authors

Doctorow's sprawling tale is a kaleidoscope of fact and fiction, mixing three distinct families — one white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, one black and one Jewish immigrant — with such real-life historical figures as Harry Houdini, Emma Goldman and Evelyn Nesbit.

A revival of 'Ragtime' set to return to Broadway

It seems to spell the end of the hegemony of the white Anglo-Saxon Protestants and America's coming of age.

Too many hopes placed on Obama

In my teens, I heard the expression White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

WASPish terms

com IF YOU though WASP stood for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, you're wrong.

Kelly's i at the Internet World Show 2000, Earl's Court, London

Richardson still works out regularly to stay in shape and acknowledges that yes, he is a white anglo-saxon Protestant (WASP) who was brought up to value hard work and success, and to go to a liberal arts college in New England.

D. Kenneth Richardson

Byline: Arab News If Barack Obama becomes the 44th president on Tuesday, it will symbolize a tectonic shift from a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant United States to a multiethnic America, said The Observer in an editorial yesterday.

Barack Obama is America's future

Had Al Smith been a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, would he have defeated the heir-apparent to Calvin Coolidge, whose very name was associated with the prosperity of the Roaring 20’s?

Did Bigotry Alone Spell Ferrer's Doom?