HyperDic: marquis_de_sade

English > 1 sense of the expression Marquis de Sade:
NOUNperson Marquis de Sade, Sade, de Sade, Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de SadeFrench soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term 'sadism' (1740-1814)
English > Marquis de Sade: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningFrench soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term 'sadism' (1740-1814).
SynonymsSade, de Sade, Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade
Instance ofwriter, authorWrites (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
SpanishDonatien Alphonse François de Sade
CatalanMarqués de Sade, Sade

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