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Sade

[sahd, sad, sad]

noun

  1. Donatien Alphonse François Comte de Marquis de Sade, 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.



Sade

/ sɑːd /

noun

  1. 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

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Then there’s Sade’s “Young Lion,” a tolling piano ballad in which the famous soul singer asks her son to forgive her for not recognizing his gender identity earlier than she did.

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The death of Sade’s mother, the twin of Mina’s father, is an occasion for a double mourning.

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That’s why Sade is so clear about what her dreams are.

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Sade and Mina used to be inseparable but their lives have diverged and their memories don’t match up.

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Sade, “Young Lion” If you are a parent, you will cry.

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