cadre
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
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.
(especially in Communist countries) a cell of trained and devoted workers.
a member of a cadre; a person qualified to serve in a cadre.
a framework, outline, or scheme.
Origin of cadre
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How to use cadre in a sentence
On our way to work every day, the cadres stood by with a bamboo cane in their hand.
No one dared to resist even when the cadres knocked down our walls to make fertilizer… The cadres were so fearsome.
The Muslim Brotherhood has street-level cadres willing to fight, and no doubt die.
Brotherhood cadres have been ostentatiously preparing "paramilitary" units, but they are really just street gangs.
Morsi-less: Are Egyptians Done with the Muslim Brothers? | Hussein Ibish | July 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are clearly trying to take over the Armed Forces by stacking its junior cadres with their own members.
Morsi-less: Are Egyptians Done with the Muslim Brothers? | Hussein Ibish | July 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
In no case must formations, administrative services, or general staffs include supplementary cadres.
The loi des cadres of 1907 introduced many important changes of detail supplementary to the loi de deux ans.
The Leagues contained solid elements; the small bourgeoisie and proletariat might have given the cadres.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. LissagarySuch a performance seemed rather difficult with the army of Aubagne, 600 or 700 men, without cadres and without discipline.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. LissagaryOther cadres, a different discipline would be needed to retain the battalions there.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. Lissagary
British Dictionary definitions for cadre
/ (ˈkɑːdə) /
the nucleus of trained professional servicemen forming the basis for the training of new units or other military expansion
a basic unit or structure, esp of specialists or experts; nucleus; core
a group of revolutionaries or other political activists, esp when taking part in military or terrorist activities
a member of a cadre
Origin of cadre
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Cultural definitions for cadre
[ (kad-ree, kah-dray) ]
An elite or select group that forms the core of an organization and is capable of training new members.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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