Ossian

American  

[osh-uhn, os-ee-uhn] / ˈɒʃ ən, ˈɒs i ən /

Also Oisin

noun

Gaelic Legend.

1. 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.

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Ossian British  

/ ˈɒsɪən /

noun

1. a legendary Irish hero and bard of the 3rd century _ad See also Macpherson

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Ossian

One of its more compelling chapters deals with James Macpherson, an 18th-century Scotsman who published an epic, “Fingal,” claiming to have translated the previously unknown work of a Gaelic bard named Ossian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Through partial grants, the fund ended up involved with legendary American court cases like the Scopes trial, the Ossian Sweet trial, Brown vs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

Irish Minister of State for Public Procurement and eGovernment, Ossian Smyth, said the certificate had been "key to opening up indoor hospitality within the country and enabled international travel outside of Ireland".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021

This was advertised as translations of poems written by a third-century Gaelic bard named Ossian.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018

The golf club, the post office, Bambino’s lot, the Ossian City Park, wherever.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti