Ossete
noun
Os·sete ˈä-ˌsēt 
variants or less commonly Osset
ˈä-sət
-ˌset
: a member of a people of the central Caucasus
Ossetian
ä-ˈsē-shən
adjective or noun 
Word History
Etymology
Russian osetin, from Osetiya Ossetia, from Georgian Oseti, from osi Ossete
First Known Use
1814, in the meaning defined above