Etymology

Folk etymology claims that it comes from the Lakota for "he takes the fat", from wašiƞ (cooking fat) + from . More likely, it comes from an old Lakota word for medicine bundle, referring to the bundles of goods brought by French traders, and originally did not carry the derogatory meaning of the modern word.

Noun

1. white person, Caucasian, white people
2. greedy person, dishonorable person