Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”
plural noun
- a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
masc. proper name, 1066, from Old Breton Alan, name of a popular Welsh and Breton saint; brought to England by the large contingent of Bretons who fought alongside William the Conqueror.