ˈäsə̇t noun
also os·ete or os·sete ˈäˌsēt ; or os·se·ta ˈäsəd.ə ; or os·se·tine -d.ə̇n ; or os·se·tian əˈsēshən
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: osset, osete, ossete, osseta, ossetine from Russian Osetin, from Georgian Os, Oset'i, land of the Ossets; ossetian from osset + -an, n. suffix
: one of a tall Aryan people of central Caucasus who are possibly immigrants from Persia and are supposed to be descendants of the Alans and who follow a religion that is a mixture of Muhammadanism and Christianity