Osset

[ os-it ]

noun
  1. a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.

  • Also Os·sete [os-eet], /ˈɒs it/, Ossetian.

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How to use Osset in a sentence

  • One of our drivers was a Russian peasant from Yaroslavl, the other, an Ossete.

    A Hero of Our Time | M. Y. Lermontov
  • Barefooted Ossete boys, carrying wallets of honeycomb on their shoulders, were hovering around me.

    A Hero of Our Time | M. Y. Lermontov

British Dictionary definitions for Osset

Osset

/ (ˈɒsɪt) /


noun
  1. a member of an Iranian people living in S Russia and N Georgia, chiefly in Ossetia in the Caucasus

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