marquis de sade

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marquis de sade - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Marquis de Sade
      n 1: French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual
           perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814) [syn:
           Sade, de Sade, Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade
           , Marquis de Sade]