Definition of "Ossian"

Ossian

proper noun
1. A male given name from Irish; rather rare in the Anglo-Saxon world.
  Quotations
  Fingal! thou king of heroes! Ossian, next to him in war! ye have fought in your youth; your names are renowned in song.
  1765, James Macpherson, The Poems of Ossian, Tauchnitz, published 1847, page 204
2. A place name:
  1. A town in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana, United States.
  2. A minor city in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States.
  3. A town in Livingston County, New York, United States.
  4. A river that flows from Loch Ossian, Highland council area, Scotland, ultimately joining the River Spean.