Definitions:
a social winged insect which has a narrow waist and a sting and is typically yellow with black stripes. it constructs a paper nest from wood pulp and raises the larvae on a diet of insects.

a solitary winged insect with a narrow waist, mostly distantly related to the social wasps and including many parasitic kinds.

an upper- or middle-class american white protestant, considered to be a member of the most powerful group in society.