Meanings of ossetes in English

There was no help for it, so I hired six oxen and a few Ossetes.

The "joint team" is as common among the Lezghines as it is among the Ossetes.

I ordered the Ossetes to put my portmanteau into the cart, and to replace the oxen by horses.

The Ossetes surrounded me clamorously and demanded tips; but the staff-captain shouted so menacingly at them that they dispersed in a moment.

They say," he added, pointing to the Ossetes, "that they will lead us there if you will give them a tip."

Among the Ossetes the arbiters from three oldest villages enjoy a special reputation (M. Kovalevsky's Modern Custom and Old Law, Moscow, 1886, ii.