noun
- Do·na·tien Al·phonse Fran·çois [daw-na–syan al-fawns frahn–swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/, Comte deMarquis de Sade, 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
noun
- Comte Donatien Alphonse François de (dɔnasjɛ̃ alfɔ̃s frɑ̃swa də), known as the Marquis de Sade. 1740–1814, French soldier and writer, whose exposition of sexual perversion gave rise to the term sadism