Definition

• noun: a black-and-yellow flying insect that can sting
• noun: any of numerous social or solitary winged hymenopterous insects (especially families Sphecidae and Vespidae) that usually have a slender smooth body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk, well-developed wings, biting mouthparts, and in the females and workers an often formidable sting, and that are largely carnivorous and often provision their nests with insects or spiders killed or paralyzed by stinging for their larvae to feed on
• noun: an American whose family originally came from northern Europe and especially Britain and who is considered to be part of the most powerful group in society
• noun: an American of Northern European and especially British ancestry and of Protestant background