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(säd, săd), Comte Donatien Alphonse François de Known as "Marquis de Sade." 1740-1814.
(säd, săd), Comte Donatien Alphonse François de Known as "Marquis de Sade." 1740-1814. French writer of novels, plays, and short stories characterized by a preoccupation with sexual violence.