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Definition of: Oscan
(os′kən) noun
1. One of an ancient people who inhabited SW Italy.
2. The language of these people, belonging to the Osco-Umbrian branch of the Italic languages: also called Samnite.
—adjective Of or pertaining to the Oscans or their language. [<L Osci people of Campania]
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