MARQUIS DE SADE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term 'sadism' (1740-1814)

Synonyms:

Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade; de Sade; Marquis de Sade; Sade

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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