cadre

American  

[ka-drey, kah-drey] / ˈkæ dreɪ, ˈkɑ dreɪ /

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.

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

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

5. a framework, outline, or scheme.

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cadre British  

/ 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

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

4. a member of a cadre

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cadre Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of cadre

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”; quadri-

Example Sentences

The increasing complexity of government operations since World War I naturally led to the rise of a professionally trained cadre of experts.

From The Wall Street Journal

But even he must occasionally reassure the population, and especially the Party cadres, that what he is doing makes some sort of sense.

From BBC

As a privately held company with a cadre of investors who bought into Musk’s vision, SpaceX has been largely shielded from such hype cycles.

From The Wall Street Journal

A big promotion came in late 2019 when he was entrusted with all of the company’s theme parks, cruise lines and its creative cadre of Imagineers.

From Los Angeles Times

Far from Minnesota, a cadre of Silicon Valley scientists and founders were more strident.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• organization
• personnel
• staff