- any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- a person who is snappish or petulant.
- a member of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots, an organization disbanded in 1944.
- a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
- a member of the privileged, established white upper middle class in the U.S.
- any social hymenopterous insect of the family Vespidae, esp Vespula vulgaris (common wasp), typically having a black-and-yellow body and an ovipositor specialized for stinging
- any of various solitary hymenopterans, such as the digger wasp and gall wasp
- White Anglo-Saxon Protestant: a person descended from N European, usually Protestant stock, forming a group often considered the most dominant, privileged, and influential in American society
