See dungeon master on Wiktionary
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"text": "“[…] I’ve come to realize that BDSM isn’t just something I like—it’s part of who I am.” So Sonny has taken his inner caveman elsewhere—to a “sugar daddy” website and the “sugar babe” who welcomes his most primal, unbridled fantasies. He didn’t plan for this division of his identity—devoted dad to his family and dungeon master with his babe.",
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"text": "Most club parties and private parties held in commercial dungeons in the United States have a dungeon master, mistress, or monitor (DM), whose responsibility it is to make sure that scenes are consensual and house rules are obeyed.",
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"text": "Dommes and dungeon masters alike inspected a woman suspended in mid-air, […] A satisfactory safety check complete, the dungeon master stood aside and let the pair of dominant men who created this predicament put their plans into motion.",
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