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Ossian

Definition of Ossian
  • a legendary Irish warrior and bard, whose name became well known in 1760-3 when the Scottish poet James Macpherson (1736–96) published his own verse as an alleged translation of 3rd-century Gaelic tales. Irish name Oisin.

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Definition of Ossian in the US English dictionary