Ossian
[osh-uh n, os-ee-uh n]
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noun Gaelic Legend.
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
Also Oi·sin [uh-sheen] /ʌˈʃin/.
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Historical Examples of ossian
It is like closing a volume of Ossian and opening the pages of Theocritus.
The Roof of FranceMatilda Betham-Edwards
That the poetry so denominated was, in substance, composed by Ossian we have no doubt.
I should not like to be condemned to read nothing but Ossian for a year.
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of ScotlandDaniel Turner Holmes
"Ossian's Poems," replied Margaret, without a moment's hesitation.
David ElginbrodGeorge MacDonald
Ossian was the rage—quotations from the blind bard of Morven were in every one's mouth.
Art in EnglandDutton Cook
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