cadre

[ ka-drey, kah-drey ]
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noun
  1. Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.

  2. a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled workforce: They hoped to form a cadre of veteran party members.

  1. (especially in Communist countries) a cell of trained and devoted workers.

  2. a member of a cadre; a person qualified to serve in a cadre.

  3. a framework, outline, or scheme.

Origin of cadre

1
First recorded in 1905–10; from French: “frame, border, bounds, cadre” (metaphorically, the cadre being the framework into which temporary personnel are fit), from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum “square”; see quadri-

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British Dictionary definitions for cadre

cadre

/ (ˈkɑːdə) /


noun
  1. the nucleus of trained professional servicemen forming the basis for the training of new units or other military expansion

  2. a basic unit or structure, esp of specialists or experts; nucleus; core

  1. a group of revolutionaries or other political activists, esp when taking part in military or terrorist activities

  2. a member of a cadre

Origin of cadre

1
C19: from French, from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum square

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Cultural definitions for cadre

cadre

[ (kad-ree, kah-dray) ]


An elite or select group that forms the core of an organization and is capable of training new members.

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